000 WWUS84 KMRX 292038 SPSMRX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 438 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 TNZ067-068-084>086-292130- LOUDON TN-MCMINN TN-MEIGS TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-ROANE TN- 438 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MONROE...NORTHERN MEIGS...EXTREME NORTHERN MCMINN...LOUDON AND ROANE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 433 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWEETWATER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES OR PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SWEETWATER... LOUDON...PHILADELPHIA AND VONORE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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. $$ TD