Special Weather Statement
NWS Morristown TN ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Polk And Southeastern McMinn Counties Through 515 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 434 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Charleston, or 8 miles north of Benton, moving east at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Etowah, Riceville, Reliance, Bullet Creek, Hiwassee Ocoee State Park, and Dentville.
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.
Affected areas
- McMinn County, TN
- Northwest Monroe
- West Polk
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Morristown TN
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m6s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M37ZN9T7AF0XFS4ESCGB2S4A
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d5663f627d7f484dd64acc0ec1f587a890373177.001.1
- 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.4023
- 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 232034 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN POLK AND SOUTHEASTERN MCMINN COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-23T20:34:00-00:00...storm...283DEG...18KT...35.3,-84.65 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- McMinn County, TN
- Northwest Monroe
- West Polk
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 047107 |
| SAME | 047123 |
| SAME | 047139 |
| UGC | TNZ085 |
| UGC | TNZ086 |
| UGC | TNZ101 |
- Polygons
- 35.24,-84.71 35.25,-84.7 35.25,-84.71 35.26,-84.71 35.25,-84.73 35.26,-84.74 35.28,-84.74 35.28,-84.72 35.29,-84.72 35.29,-84.73 35.39,-84.7 35.38,-84.4 35.14,-84.46 35.24,-84.71