889  
WWUS44 KMRX 141743  
WSWMRX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
1243 PM EST WED JAN 14 2026  
 
TNZ041-072-074-150700-  
/O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.260114T2000Z-260115T1600Z/  
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY  
MOUNTAINS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GATLINBURG, ELKMONT, HARTFORD, AND CADES  
COVE  
1243 PM EST WED JAN 14 2026  
   
..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THURSDAY  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7  
INCHES, MAINLY AT OR ABOVE 3000 FEET IN ELEVATION. LOCALLY HIGHER  
AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHEST PEAKS, WINDS GUSTING AS  
HIGH AS 40 MPH AT TIMES ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  
 
* WHERE...BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS, AND SEVIER  
SMOKY MOUNTAINS COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 AM EST THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING  
COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN  
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR  
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.  
 
 
 
 
 
TNZ018-043-045-047-087-150700-  
/O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.260114T2000Z-260115T1600Z/  
JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER-SOUTHEAST MONROE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LAUREL BLOOMERY, CEDAR CREEK, LIMESTONE  
COVE, CITICO, COKER CREEK, UNICOI, DOEVILLE, ERWIN, HAMPTON,  
NEVA, TRADE, SHADY VALLEY, AND MOUNTAIN CITY  
1243 PM EST WED JAN 14 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST  
THURSDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES.  
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHEST PEAKS. WINDS  
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH AT TIMES ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER  
ELEVATIONS.  
 
* WHERE...JOHNSON, SOUTHEAST CARTER, SOUTHEAST GREENE, SOUTHEAST  
MONROE, AND UNICOI COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 AM EST THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD  
CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY  
MORNING COMMUTE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY  
CALLING 5 1 1.  
 
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE  
DRIVING. IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE, WATCH YOUR FIRST FEW STEPS TAKEN  
ON STAIRS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRIVEWAYS. THESE SURFACES COULD BE ICY AND  
SLIPPERY, INCREASING YOUR RISK OF A FALL AND INJURY.  
 
 
 
 
 
VAZ002-006-150700-  
/O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.260114T2000Z-260115T1600Z/  
WISE-RUSSELL-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HONAKER, WISE, LEBANON, PARDEE, ROSEDALE,  
COEBURN, HANSONVILLE, APPALACHIA, NORTON, BIG STONE GAP,  
CASTLEWOOD, AND DYE  
1243 PM EST WED JAN 14 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST  
THURSDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES.  
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS.  
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY OVER THE  
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  
 
* WHERE...RUSSELL AND WISE COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 AM EST THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD  
CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY  
MORNING COMMUTE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY  
CALLING 5 1 1.  
 
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE  
DRIVING. IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE, WATCH YOUR FIRST FEW STEPS TAKEN  
ON STAIRS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRIVEWAYS. THESE SURFACES COULD BE ICY AND  
SLIPPERY, INCREASING YOUR RISK OF A FALL AND INJURY.  
 
 
 
 
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