000 WUUS54 KMRX 010215 SVRMRX NCC039-043-TNC107-123-139-010315- /O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0258.120801T0215Z-120801T0315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1015 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... EASTERN MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... POLK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 1115 PM EDT * AT 1010 PM EDT...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 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYVILLE TO NANTAHALA LAKE...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ANDREWS...MADISONVILLE...SWEETWATER...HAYESVILLE...MURPHY... DUCKTOWN...BENTON...ETOWAH...TOPTON...CITICO BEACH...VONORE... TARIFFVILLE...CITICO...SHOOTING CREEK...TUSQUITEE...MARBLE... TELLICO PLAINS...MOUNT VERNON...UNAKA AND BRASSTOWN. 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 3499 8477 3516 8470 3524 8472 3547 8445 3565 8452 3567 8443 3564 8437 3567 8432 3559 8411 3554 8408 3556 8400 3551 8401 3549 8394 3535 8403 3524 8399 3526 8371 3523 8368 3516 8373 3516 8365 3500 8348 TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 045DEG 15KT 3560 8413 3522 8362 $$ TG