Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Morristown, TN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN
221 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995

AT 2:10 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN EASTERN
ROANE...ALL OF LOUDON...AND THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF BLOUNT COUNTY. THEY
WILL BE MOVING INTO KNOX AND ANDERSON COUNTIES SHORTLY. YOU CAN EXPECT
BREIF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...LIGHTING AND HIGH WINDS. STAY TUXNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

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TNZ069-071-072-073-074-012015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN
313 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING KNOXVILLE...

AT 3:10 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING BLOUNT
AND KNOX COUNTIES MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.   THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS OF UP TO 45 MPH. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLLIGHTING...AND HAIL.   THEY SHOULD BE NEAR THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE WITHIN
THE NEXT FEW MINUTES AND WITHIN THE HOUR WILL BE APPROACHING WESTERN
SECTIONS OF SEVIER COUNTY.   PLEASE SEEK APPROPRIATE SHELTER AND LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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TNZ047-046-043-042-015-016-018-017-045-044-VAZ001-006-005-008-002-
012045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN
ISSUED BY KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITY TN
343 PM EDT MON MAY 1 1995
...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST TENNESSEE...

AT 338 PM EDT A LINE OF SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS
LOCATED FROM CLAIBORNE COUNTY SOUTH SOUTHEAST TO WESTERN SEVIER
COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES OF TENNESSEE
AND INTO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

PERSONS LIVING OR TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS,
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE HAIL
IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

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069-070-071-072-073-074-086-087-012245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN
543 PM EDT (443 PM CDT) MON MAY 1 1995

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 11PM...

AT 535 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MONROE COUNTY SOUTH OF TELLICO PLAINS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME
SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

ELSEWHERE OVER THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND MIDDLE EAST TENNESSEE SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COVER ALMOST THE ENTIRE AREA. THERE WILL BE
PERIODS OF RATHER HEAVY RAIN. IF DRIVING SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CARE.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WS

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TNZ035-036-037-038-039-040-041-066-067-068-069-070-071-072-073-
074-086-087-020015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN
720 PM EDT (620 PM CDT) MON MAY 1 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO ROANE COUNTY...

AT 715 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU MOVING INTO TO ROANE COUNTY AND
STRETCHING SOUTHWEST INTO RHEA AND MEIGS COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING
MOST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND MIDDLE EAST TENNESSEE.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND AREA OF RAIN WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE WHICH
INCLUDES MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING AND TAKE ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE NECESSARY.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER LSTATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WS

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