Updated: Weather Service issues tornado watch for Bradley, Hamilton, Marion and Polk, most of East Tennessee Valley

Storm times

Updated at 10 p.m.: Heavy rain, wind, and lightning were reported in downtown Chattanooga and counties to the west.

A Coffee County dispatcher said the county had received reports of drivers having to pull over to allow the storms to pass. She said they also had one report of a tree down, though no damage and injuries were reported.

A dispatcher in DeKalb County, which was extended a tornado warning by the National Weather Service around 10:00 p.m., reported heavy rains, thundering and lightning. She said that a lot of people were heading to a storm shelter in Sylvania, Ala. She said no injuries or power outages had been reported.

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