For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for east Tennessee.

SVRMRX The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Loudon County in east Tennessee... Southwestern Knox County in east Tennessee... Northeastern McMinn County in east Tennessee... Northwestern Blount County in east Tennessee... Northwestern Monroe County in east Tennessee... Southeastern Roane County in east Tennessee... * Until 1100 PM EDT. * At 1010 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fairview, or 7 miles north of Sweetwater, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Knoxville, Maryville, Lenoir City, Alcoa, Sweetwater, Loudon, Farragut, Louisville, Rockford, and Eagleton Village. This includes the following highways... Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 365 and 387. Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 61 and 84.