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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
526 AM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

TNZ098-261000-
MARION TN-
426 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM CDT...

AT 422 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF SOUTH PITTSBURG...OR 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...JASPER...SOUTH
PITTSBURG...ORME AND HALETOWN (GUILD).

IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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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