000 WUUS54 KMRX 230034 SVRMRX NCC039-TNC001-009-011-065-093-105-107-121-123-139-145-155-230100- /O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0007.120223T0034Z-120223T0100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 734 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... HAMILTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... POLK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... EXTREME WESTERN SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 800 PM EST * AT 727 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF SPRING CITY TO INDIAN SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 80 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... KINGSTON...CLEVELAND...ATHENS...SWEETWATER...LOUDON...BENTON... LENOIR CITY...MADISONVILLE...ALCOA...MARYVILLE...DUCKTOWN... CHARLESTON...ETOWAH...FARRAGUT...EAGLETON VILLAGE...PAINT ROCK... CLEAR WATER...RICEVILLE...TASSO AND CALHOUN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3498 8517 3594 8451 3590 8367 3545 8395 3541 8401 3538 8400 3498 8425 TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 269DEG 68KT 3572 8456 3502 8503 $$