000 WWUS84 KMRX 232307 SPSMRX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 707 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 TNZ040-041-070-073-074-232330- COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-JEFFERSON TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN- 707 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME EASTERN SEVIER...COCKE AND EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWPORT...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HARTFORD AND ROUND MOUNTAIN. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ DH