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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1103 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-042315-
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-
NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-
WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA...
LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...
BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...
MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...
GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...
ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...
MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...
PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...
COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...
DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON...
ABINGDON
1103 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011 /1003 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011/

...OUTBREAK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATE TODAY
INTO EARLY TONIGHT...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY...AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE
EAST ACROSS TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY AND THE GULF COAST STATES...
REACHING THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS SHOULD THEN CONTINUE EASTWARD
ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING THE
EVENING HOURS...AND POSSIBLY JUST BEYOND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

DUE TO THE VERY STRONG WINDS AND COLD AIR ALOFT...DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS.
HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN...MAINLY ACROSS
THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SOUTHERN HALF OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF
TWO INCHES...WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN OUR LATEST HAZARDOUS WEATHER
PRODUCT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES
ON THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM.


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