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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1153 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

TNZ017-018-042>047-111700-
JOHNSON-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST GREENE-SOUTHEAST CARTER-SOUTHEAST
GREENE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-WASHINGTON-
1153 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING CARTER...GREENE...
JOHNSON...SULLIVAN...UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1148 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRISTOL TN TO 7
MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HAMPTON BY NOON EDT.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

SUSTAINED WINDS OR GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL OF PEA TO LESS
THAN PENNY SIZE...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. ANY FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THIS
STORM MAY REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF A WARNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.

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MJB