If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.

At 430 AM EDT/330 AM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles west of Spring City, or 12 miles northeast of Pikeville, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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... Oak Ridge, Lenoir City, Kingston, Sweetwater, Rockwood, Loudon, Farragut, Fairview, Spring City, and Midtown.