WWUS52 KFFC 160932
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
532 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

TNC029-059-073-089-155-161015-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-260316T1015Z/
Hawkins TN-Jefferson TN-Cocke TN-Greene TN-Sevier TN-
532 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HAWKINS...SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...COCKE...GREENE
AND SOUTHEASTERN SEVIER COUNTIES...

At 532 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Bristol Va to 10 miles northeast of Hot Springs,
moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Greeneville, Newport, Gatlinburg, Tusculum, Baneberry, Parrottsville,
Smoky Mountains-Newfound Gap, Smoky Mountains-Fontana Area, Smoky
Mountains-Balsam Mountain, and Mosheim.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 428 and 450.
 Interstate 81 in Tennessee between mile markers 18 and 46.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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LAT...LON 3557 8366 3560 8366 3613 8320 3613 8318
      3615 8318 3633 8302 3638 8263 3635 8263
      3578 8302 3579 8308 3577 8316 3573 8319
      3572 8325 3569 8326 3566 8330 3566 8335
      3557 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 0932Z 247DEG 117KT 3665 8217 3599 8269 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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