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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1230 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

TNZ081>085-098>100-111830-
BLEDSOE TN-BRADLEY TN-HAMILTON TN-MARION TN-MCMINN TN-MEIGS TN-RHEA
TN-SEQUATCHIE TN-
1230 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MEIGS...MARION...MCMINN...
HAMILTON...BRADLEY...BLEDSOE...SEQUATCHIE AND RHEA COUNTIES UNTIL 130
PM EST /1230 PM CST/...

AT 1227 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING 
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...WHICH 
WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 
OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS 
ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. 
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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DMG