020  
WUUS54 KMRX 160906  
SVRMRX  
TNC019-059-073-163-179-VAC167-169-191-195-520-720-161000-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0018.260316T0906Z-260316T1000Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
506 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
NORTHEASTERN HAWKINS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
NORTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
THE CITY OF NORTON IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
THE CITY OF BRISTOL IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
CENTRAL WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 600 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 506 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WISE TO NEAR SURGOINSVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT  
40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
JOHNSON CITY, KINGSPORT, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, ABINGDON, NORTON,  
LEBANON, WISE, GATE CITY, AND SURGOINSVILLE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 26 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.  
INTERSTATE 81 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 75.  
INTERSTATE 81 IN VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 19.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3713 8255 3703 8248 3698 8237 3696 8236  
3700 8229 3699 8225 3704 8217 3705 8204  
3707 8202 3712 8201 3713 8193 3714 8190  
3711 8189 3707 8185 3671 8194 3641 8213  
3632 8291 3715 8258 3715 8255  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0906Z 232DEG 71KT 3703 8254 3644 8282  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
CJM  
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