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WWUS44 KMRX 211831  
WSWMRX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
131 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-220715-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.WW.Y.0005.260222T0500Z-260224T0500Z/  
JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST  
CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HAMPTON, TRADE, HARTFORD, NEVA, LIMESTONE  
COVE, CADES COVE, LAUREL BLOOMERY, DOEVILLE, MOUNTAIN CITY,  
ELKMONT, ERWIN, GATLINBURG, UNICOI, SHADY VALLEY, AND CEDAR CREEK  
131 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO  
MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...TWO ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE FIRST ROUND FROM  
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THEN THE SECOND ROUND FROM SUNDAY  
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM BOTH ROUNDS  
FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM 2500 TO 4000 FEET. FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES  
ABOVE 4000 FEET. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 6 INCHES NEAR TO ABOVE 6000  
FEET. WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...MOST OF THE EAST TN MOUNTAINS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.  
GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.  
 
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.  
 

 
 

 
 
VAZ002-006-008-220715-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.WW.Y.0005.260222T0500Z-260224T0500Z/  
WISE-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON VA-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HONAKER, BRISTOL VA, NORTON, LEBANON,  
COEBURN, HANSONVILLE, DYE, ROSEDALE, WISE, BENHAMS, ABINGDON,  
APPALACHIA, PARDEE, CASTLEWOOD, AND BIG STONE GAP  
131 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO  
MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...TWO ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE FIRST ROUND FROM  
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THEN THE SECOND ROUND FROM SUNDAY  
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM BOTH ROUNDS  
FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES  
ACROSS THE HIGHEST PEAKS. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...RUSSELL, WASHINGTON VA, AND WISE COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.  
 
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.  
 

 
 

 
 
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