Special Weather Statement
NWS Morristown TN ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Rhea...Bledsoe...Central Meigs...West Central McMinn And Northeastern Hamilton Counties Through 415 PM EDT/315 PM CDT/
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 314 PM EDT/214 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles north of Pikeville, moving southeast at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Athens, Dayton, Pikeville, Decatur, Spring City, Graysville, Stinging Fork Falls State Park, Piney Falls State Park, Mount Crest, and Big Spring.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. This storm may intensify, so closely monitor for additional information or possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
Affected areas
- Bledsoe County, TN
- Rhea County, TN
- Meigs County, TN
- McMinn County, TN
- Hamilton County, TN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Morristown TN
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XHFCNPDWB3ES945JW20EGJ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.da4ce8cd370c317fad9ef008642746916e8f1888.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Morristown TN
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMRX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2243
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSMRX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS84 KMRX 191914 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT RHEA...BLEDSOE...CENTRAL MEIGS...WEST CENTRAL MCMINN AND NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT/315 PM CDT/ |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T19:14:00-00:00...storm...316DEG...8KT...35.71,-85.15 |
| maxWindGust | 55 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Bledsoe County, TN
- Rhea County, TN
- Meigs County, TN
- McMinn County, TN
- Hamilton County, TN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 047007 |
| SAME | 047143 |
| SAME | 047121 |
| SAME | 047107 |
| SAME | 047065 |
| UGC | TNZ082 |
| UGC | TNZ083 |
| UGC | TNZ084 |
| UGC | TNZ085 |
| UGC | TNZ099 |
- Polygons
- 35.63,-85.36 35.72,-85.26 35.76,-85.26 35.77,-85.1 35.76,-85.07 35.77,-85.04 35.75,-85.03 35.77,-84.94 35.76,-84.92 35.78,-84.89 35.44,-84.63 35.31,-85.11 35.63,-85.36