Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Blount, TN; Loudon, TN
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SVRMRX The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Loudon County in east Tennessee... Northwestern Blount County in east Tennessee... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 442 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Loudon, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph...
What the bulletin says to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
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SVRMRX The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Loudon County in east Tennessee... Northwestern Blount County in east Tennessee... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 442 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Loudon, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Maryville, Lenoir City, Alcoa, Loudon, Louisville, Greenback, Friendsville, Philadelphia, Clover Hill, and Tellico Village. This includes Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 67 and 75.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 4:42PM EDT until August 17 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Morristown TN
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Morristown TN. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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