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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
331 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
TNZ015>017-044-VAZ001-005-008-282015-
SULLIVAN TN-WASHINGTON TN-HANCOCK TN-HAWKINS TN-WASHINGTON VA-
SCOTT VA-LEE VA-
331 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN SULLIVAN
NORTHEASTERN
HAWKINS...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...EASTERN HANCOCK...SOUTHEASTERN
LEE...SCOTT AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND THE SOUTHWESTERN
CITY OF BRISTOL THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 331 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PENNINGTON GAP, OR 14 MILES EAST
OF JONESVILLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY, KINGSPORT, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, GATE CITY, WEBER
CITY, SPURGEON, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, GRAY, AND OAK GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
EAST TENNESSEE...AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3681 8278 3682 8276 3664 8220 3631 8238
3661 8300 3684 8283
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 297DEG 33KT 3667 8286
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DH
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