April 27: Tornado Warning- Knoxville, TN

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR GREENE...
SEVIER...COCKE...KNOX...JEFFERSON...HAWKINS...HAMBLEN AND GRAINGER
COUNTIES...

AT 857 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
BAILEYTON...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
60 MPH. OTHER POSSIBLE TORNADIC STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MORRISTOWN
AND KNOXVILLE WHICH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 930 PM.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  OKOLONA...CHURCH HILL AND MOUNT CARMEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZED HAIL OR LARGER AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.