Special Weather Statement
NWS Morristown TN ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Central Sequatchie And Northeastern Marion Counties Through 145 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1253 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Dunlap, moving south at 5 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 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... Dunlap, Whitwell, Chimneys State Park, Cartwright, Griffith Creek, and North Chickamauga Creek Gorge.
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.
Affected areas
- Sequatchie County, TN
- Marion County, TN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Morristown TN
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~58s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32HMTYC06G4GC5236X3CCPF
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c1185c21e2ed233f7544aeefd28e47f55fe074e8.001.1
- 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.8171
- 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 211753 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL SEQUATCHIE AND NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T17:53:00-00:00...storm...338DEG...5KT...35.37,-85.48 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Sequatchie County, TN
- Marion County, TN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 047153 |
| SAME | 047115 |
| UGC | TNZ081 |
| UGC | TNZ098 |
- Polygons
- 35.19,-85.6 35.31,-85.61 35.32,-85.56 35.34,-85.54 35.34,-85.53 35.38,-85.49 35.39,-85.5 35.41,-85.49 35.41,-85.51 35.42,-85.51 35.43,-85.53 35.47,-85.41 35.3,-85.26 35.27,-85.29 35.19,-85.6