Great Smokey Mountain Drive, North Carolina

Regional Weather Alerts


Alert: Special Weather Statement
Area(s): Cherokee; Southeast Monroe
Effective: 4apeor8ap
Onset: 4apeor8ap -> 4apeor45ap
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Morristown TN on 4apeor8ap
Headline: Special Weather Statement issued July 4 at 2:08PM EDT by NWS Morristown TN
Description: At 207 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles northwest of Murphy, moving south at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.

Locations impacted include...
Hiawasse Dam, Violet, and Unaka.