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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
243 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2026
TNZ017-018-042-044>047-VAZ008-271930-
SULLIVAN TN-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-
SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-UNICOI TN-JOHNSON TN-WASHINGTON VA-
243 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SULLIVAN...WASHINGTON
NORTHEASTERN GREENE...NORTHEASTERN UNICOI...JOHNSON...CARTER AND
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF BRISTOL THROUGH 330 PM
EDT...
AT 243 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM ABINGDON TO 9 MILES NORTH OF TUSCULUM. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY, KINGSPORT, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, ELIZABETHTON,
ABINGDON, ERWIN, MOUNTAIN CITY, JONESBOROUGH, AND CENTRAL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 3653 8171 3647 8170 3640 8174 3634 8171
3636 8179 3634 8185 3630 8191 3612 8203
3610 8208 3611 8213 3615 8215 3616 8222
3613 8226 3623 8286 3660 8233 3660 8230
3662 8231 3673 8214 3671 8166 3664 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 277DEG 31KT 3668 8198 3631 8272
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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