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.

At 846 AM EDT/746 AM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northwest of Lookout Mountain, or 9 miles east of Jasper, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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... Chattanooga, Soddy-Daisy, Signal Mountain, Walden, Lakesite, Whitwell, Ridgeside, Fairmount, Harrison, and Red Bank.