163  
WWUS54 KMRX 160926  
SVSMRX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
526 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
TNC019-059-VAC720-160935-  
/O.CAN.KMRX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-260316T1000Z/  
GREENE TN-CARTER TN-CITY OF NORTON VA-  
526 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE...AND  
NORTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF NORTON IS CANCELLED...  
 
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE 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 3714 8190 3707 8185 3671 8194 3645 8211  
3641 8218 3642 8224 3640 8228 3639 8263  
3642 8263 3640 8272 3662 8261 3685 8245  
3694 8243 3698 8238 3696 8236 3700 8229  
3699 8225 3704 8217 3705 8204 3712 8201  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0925Z 232DEG 71KT 3725 8219 3666 8247  
 

 
 
TNC073-163-179-VAC167-169-191-195-520-161000-  
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-260316T1000Z/  
SULLIVAN TN-HAWKINS TN-WASHINGTON TN-RUSSELL VA-CITY OF BRISTOL VA-  
SCOTT VA-WASHINGTON VA-WISE VA-  
526 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT  
FOR SULLIVAN...NORTHEASTERN HAWKINS...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...  
RUSSELL...EASTERN SCOTT...WESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN WISE  
COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF BRISTOL...  
 
AT 525 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GRUNDY TO NEAR WEBER CITY, 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, LEBANON,  
GATE CITY, WEBER CITY, CLEVELAND VA, AND SPURGEON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 26 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.  
INTERSTATE 81 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 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 3714 8190 3707 8185 3671 8194 3645 8211  
3641 8218 3642 8224 3640 8228 3639 8263  
3642 8263 3640 8272 3662 8261 3685 8245  
3694 8243 3698 8238 3696 8236 3700 8229  
3699 8225 3704 8217 3705 8204 3712 8201  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0925Z 232DEG 71KT 3725 8219 3666 8247  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
CJM  
 
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