285  
WWUS54 KMRX 160858  
SVSMRX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
458 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
TNC063-067-VAC105-160907-  
/O.CAN.KMRX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-260316T0915Z/  
HANCOCK TN-HAMBLEN TN-LEE VA-  
458 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK...  
NORTHEASTERN HAMBLEN AND EASTERN LEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...  
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF  
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR  
EAST TENNESSEE...AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3713 8255 3703 8248 3702 8246 3687 8242  
3642 8268 3641 8270 3626 8277 3629 8308  
3658 8287 3659 8284 3659 8286 3672 8279  
3684 8275 3697 8273 3700 8276 3705 8272  
3712 8272 3720 8255  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 244DEG 70KT 3695 8226  
 

 
 
TNC059-073-163-VAC169-195-720-160915-  
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-260316T0915Z/  
SULLIVAN TN-HAWKINS TN-GREENE TN-CITY OF NORTON VA-SCOTT VA-WISE VA-  
458 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EDT  
FOR WEST CENTRAL SULLIVAN...EASTERN HAWKINS...NORTH CENTRAL GREENE...  
CENTRAL SCOTT AND WISE COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF NORTON...  
 
AT 457 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRAMMEL, OR 10  
MILES WEST OF LEBANON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
KINGSPORT, ROGERSVILLE, NORTON, WISE, GATE CITY, SURGOINSVILLE, WEBER  
CITY, CHURCH HILL, MOUNT CARMEL, AND COEBURN.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND  
42.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3713 8255 3703 8248 3702 8246 3687 8242  
3642 8268 3641 8270 3626 8277 3629 8308  
3658 8287 3659 8284 3659 8286 3672 8279  
3684 8275 3697 8273 3700 8276 3705 8272  
3712 8272 3720 8255  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 244DEG 70KT 3695 8226  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
CJM  
 
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