Severe thunderstorm causes hazardous roads in Knoxville area, Knoxville TN
Other Non-Crime Event (Severe Weather Emergency)A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for areas around Knoxville, including Alcoa Highway. The storm brought quarter-sized hail, wind gusts up to 60 mph, and heavy rain causing ponding on roads. Damages to vehicles, roofs, and trees were expected. Residents were advised to move indoors due to dangerous weather conditions, including lightning.
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National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern Loudon, south-central Anderson, southwestern Knox, and east central Rhone County until 445.
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It goes for about 48 minutes.
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At 356, about a minute ago, severe thunderstorm was located near Kingston moving east at 2.5 miles per hour.
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Quarter-sized hail and 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts are the primary hazard, as indicated by radar.
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Locations impacted include...
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Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Lenore City, Farragut, Lewisville, and Bradbury.
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This includes I-40 between mile markers 360 and 377, I-75 between mile markers 83 and 84.
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Take precaution and move to an interior floor, lower level of a building.
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Again, severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern Loudon, south-central Anderson, southwestern Knox, and east central Rhone until 445.
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This is K4HSNW.
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WX4TY. Control A84WX, my WVV4GVI repeater.
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Go ahead, John.
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I can't access your radar right next and I'm moving.
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But coming down Cameroon Avenue, looking at Alcoa Highway, I got some lowering clouds with some appendages hanging off of them.
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Anything of concern there?
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Phr!
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I have not seen anything on radar that's a concern right now.
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There is a special weather statement for north of Knoxville, but no, nothing over in the Marrival area.
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There is a severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern Anderson, southwestern Knox.
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That one's hail damage possible to vehicles, moving near Kingston, moving east at 25 miles per hour.
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I'm not in mayor while I'm on UT campus still, but nothing back towards campus.
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Native sir, nothing of concern is showing up.
01:51
Okay, we just got a really close, bright, round clap of thunder, so a big ol' ball of rocks too.
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Okay, I'll be watching it heading home.
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A4WX months.
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November 4, call Oscar Victor.
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Golf officer Victor, go.
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Yeah, I'm on Alcoa Highway here by John Severe.
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It's just boring rain.
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That's whatever he's saying, it's just heavy rain.
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That's not in the direction I'm looking, but I appreciate it.
02:15
Roger that.
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What I'm looking at is probably over towards Sequoia Hills Bearden area.
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There's a couple of cells, but they're not severe.
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I mean, there's a warning polygon to the west of that, but it's not affecting what you're seeing, so it's probably just some thunderstorms.
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At least nothing that's severe yet, but we'll keep it on it.
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And I think we've got another, no, everyone, same warning.
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Okay, for interest now.
02:47
Roger, I'm about to make the turn south on Alcoa Highway.
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November 4 Alpha Echo Romeo.
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Alpha Echo Romeo, go.
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Yeah, my wife just got in from coming North Shore Drive.
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She came to what you said, and she made it all the way through, knocked from North Shore Drive all the way through Marrable.
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She said the only thing she came in and took her room was some hail.
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But I looked at her vehicle and there wasn't any damage to it.
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November 4, Alfa Romeo, clearing back to net.
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All right, thank you and glad she's safe.
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Okay, for instance. At last station, just for confirmation, you said she traveled North Shore Drive all the way to Marrable and it was open? No, no, she came at interstate to 140 and 140 all the way into Philadelphia, and that way.
03:23
Okay, all right, thank you.
03:26
All right, go ahead.
03:27
National Weather Service issued a severe weather statement.
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Severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 4.30 p.m. for central Rhone County.
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At 402 eastern daylight time, a severe thunderstorm was located over Midtown near Kingston moving east at 25 miles per hour.
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Thirty-mile-per-hour wind gust and quarter-size hail. This is radar indicated.
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Hail damage to vehicles is expected.
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Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
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Locations impacted will include Oak Ridge, Kingston, Rockwood, Midtown, and Harriman.
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This includes interstate 40 and 10 between mile markers 346 and 359.
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Continuous cloud-to-ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
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Move indoors immediately.
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Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear Thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
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Hey, hey, 4WA folks. Go ahead, Josh.
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Okay, I'll call highway in front of the Naval Marine Center.
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There is some water ponding. Just eyeball it, probably two to three inches deep at this point, but it is pouring, so it'll accumulate quick.
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Hey Josh, you get to about topside, it's really bad there. All the way down the flow lane is white-tailed.
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There's quite a minute rain on these roads. Not enough to worry about flash flooding at this point, but it won't take long.
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And I appreciate that.
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Alcoa Hwy, Knoxville, TN
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