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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1219 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

TNZ018-046-047-VAZ008-010500-
JOHNSON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-WASHINGTON VA-
1219 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CARTER...SOUTHEAST 
WASHINGTON VA AND JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM EDT...

AT 1214 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF MOUNTAIN CITY...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH. ANOTHER ISOLATED STRONG STORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN 
PARTS OF CARTER COUNTY. 

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LAUREL BLOOMERY...
TRADE AND KONNAROCK.

IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...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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TG