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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
414 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GRAINGER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  HAMBLEN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  HAWKINS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  SOUTH OF ROGERSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  KINGSPORT...GATE CITY...TUSCULUM...SURGOINSVILLE...JONESBOROUGH...
  GRAY...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...WEBER CITY...BAILEYTON...KEPLER...
  CHUCKY...KYLES FORD...JEAROLDSTOWN...LIMESTONE...LEESBURG...FALL
  BRANCH...OKOLONA...CHURCH HILL...AVONDALE AND SULLIVAN GARDENS.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE
AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3645 8216 3641 8223 3642 8225 3640 8229
      3637 8230 3603 8290 3640 8338 3682 8272
      3681 8270 3688 8263 3688 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 231DEG 35KT 3633 8293

$$

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