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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
218 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF BRISTOL IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.
* AT 218 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BRISTOL VA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, ABINGDON, WALNUT HILL, NICKELSVILLE, SOUTH
HOLSTON DAM, COLLINGWOOD, HOLSTON, HILANDER PARK, AND BENHAMS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 81 IN TENNESSEE NEAR MILE MARKER 75.
INTERSTATE 81 IN VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 18.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3671 8245 3686 8232 3675 8192 3649 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 298DEG 18KT 3675 8229
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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