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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1251 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-VAZ002-161915-
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JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST
CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST
MONROE-WISE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PARDEE, BIG STONE GAP, NORTON, LAUREL
BLOOMERY, ELKMONT, WISE, COEBURN, APPALACHIA, DOEVILLE, TRADE,
GATLINBURG, CADES COVE, NEVA, MOUNTAIN CITY, UNICOI, HARTFORD,
SHADY VALLEY, LIMESTONE COVE, CITICO, CEDAR CREEK, COKER CREEK,
ERWIN, AND HAMPTON
1251 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2
AM EDT TUESDAY...
* WHAT...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES, EXCEPT UP TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS
40 MPH.
* WHERE...FAR EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS AND WISE COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY EVENING COMMUTE. 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.
DH
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