The U.S. National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Bradley, Sequatchie, Rhea, Bledsoe, Meigs, Hamilton and Marion Counties.
At 5:26 p.m., severe thunderstorms were located along a line moving south toward Chattanooga at 20 miles per hour.
The National Weather Service has warned of 60 mile-per-hour winds and half-dollar size hail indicated on radar. Hail damage to vehicles is expected, as well as wind damage to roofs, siding and trees.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning accompanies these storms, according to the NWS. Teh NWS warns residents to move indoors immediately.
The storms are also bringing torrential rainfall and flash flooding. Do not drive through flooded roadways. Heavy rain could cause urban and small stream flooding, the NWS has warned, with additional rainfall of one to two inches possible across the Chattanooga region.
The storm is part of a series of storms that have lashed the eastern U.S. today and Monday.