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Bledsoe County Emergency Management Agency
Wednesday October 8th, 2014 :: 03:02 a.m. CDT

Alert

The NWS has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for Bledsoe Co. Till 3:45 AM

WED OCT 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MCMINN COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN SEQUATCHIE COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL BRADLEY COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN RHEA COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 445 AM EDT/345 AM CDT/

* AT 350 AM EDT /250 AM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIKEVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 40 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND...DAYTON...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...SODDY-DAISY...LAKESITE...
CHARLESTON...HARRISON...SOUTH CLEVELAND...EAST CLEVELAND...
COLLEGEDALE...GRAYSVILLE...CALHOUN...BIG SPRING...OOLTEWAH...
HILLSVIEW...OLD WASHINGTON...BRAYTON...PALIO AND TASSO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS.
REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE

Instructions:

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

Address/Location
Bledsoe County Emergency Management Agency
3150 Main St
Pikeville, TN 37367

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 423-447-5555

Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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