000 WUUS54 KMRX 022059 SVRMRX TNC105-107-123-145-022145- /O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0033.120302T2059Z-120302T2145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 359 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... EXTREME NORTHERN MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... EXTREME NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 445 PM EST * AT 357 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF SWEETWATER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... SWEETWATER...LOUDON...LENOIR CITY...PAINT ROCK...PHILADELPHIA AND GREENBACK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. && LAT...LON 3563 8464 3565 8462 3566 8462 3569 8462 3570 8462 3589 8432 3564 8415 3558 8461 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 242DEG 37KT 3565 8458 $$ DGS