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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
520 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013

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CHEROKEE NC-MCMINN TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-SOUTHEAST MONROE TN-
520 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONROE...MCMINN AND CHEROKEE
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ETOWAH...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ETOWAH...ENGLEWOOD...
MOUNT VERNON...TELLICO PLAINS AND CITICO.
IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS ASSOCIATED WITH
THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND! DON'T DROWN!
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DH