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Home Return to list Severe Thunderstorm Warning 0124 Issued by the Morristown / Knoxville Forecast Office
Action: New Issued At: 2026-08-15 11:57:50 188 WUUS54 KMRX 151657 SVRMRX NCC039-043-151800- /O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0124.260815T1657Z-260815T1800Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Morristown TN 1257 PM EDT Sat Aug 15 2026 The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina... Western Clay County in southwestern North Carolina... * Until 200 PM EDT. * At 1257 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Murphy, moving southeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Murphy, Hayesville, Marble, and Brasstown. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3515 8410 3522 8393 3499 8370 3499 8405 TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 332DEG 8KT 3509 8397 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Action: Continued Issued At: 2026-08-15 12:18:51 882 WWUS54 KMRX 151718 SVSMRX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Morristown TN 118 PM EDT Sat Aug 15 2026 NCC039-043-151800- /O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-260815T1800Z/ Cherokee NC-Clay NC- 118 PM EDT Sat Aug 15 2026 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL CHEROKEE AND WESTERN CLAY COUNTIES... At 118 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Murphy, moving southeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Murphy, Hayesville, Marble, and Brasstown. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3515 8410 3522 8393 3499 8370 3499 8405 TIME...MOT...LOC 1718Z 335DEG 7KT 3506 8396 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Action: Continued Issued At: 2026-08-15 12:40:22
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WWUS54 KMRX 151740
SVSMRX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
140 PM EDT Sat Aug 15 2026
NCC039-043-151800-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-260815T1800Z/
Cherokee NC-Clay NC-
140 PM EDT Sat Aug 15 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHEROKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES...
At 139 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hayesville,
moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Murphy, Hayesville, and Brasstown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3515 8410 3508 8391 3507 8377 3499 8370
3499 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 309DEG 11KT 3501 8381
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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