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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
524 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
TNZ015>017-039-040-042-044>047-VAZ001-002-005-282215-
SULLIVAN TN-WASHINGTON TN-HAMBLEN TN-HANCOCK TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-
SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-UNICOI TN-HAWKINS TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-
NORTHWEST CARTER TN-SCOTT VA-LEE VA-WISE VA-
524 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HAWKINS...NORTHEASTERN COCKE
GREENE...NORTHERN UNICOI...WESTERN SULLIVAN...WASHINGTON...EASTERN
HANCOCK...SOUTHWESTERN CARTER...NORTHEASTERN HAMBLEN...SOUTHWESTERN
WISE...LEE AND SCOTT COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF NORTON THROUGH 615 PM
EDT...
AT 524 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SMITH TO NEAR JONESVILLE TO 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PENNINGTON GAP. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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, GREENEVILLE, ELIZABETHTON, ERWIN,
ROGERSVILLE, NORTON, WISE, GATE CITY, AND SNEEDVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO CLOSELY MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
EAST TENNESSEE...AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3621 8217 3602 8305 3669 8336 3674 8320
3674 8314 3678 8313 3680 8310 3683 8310
3684 8307 3685 8307 3685 8301 3687 8291
3690 8287 3691 8287 3693 8286 3694 8286
3706 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 315DEG 30KT 3669 8324 3663 8306 3664 8296
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
BPH
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