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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
536 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
TNZ017-018-044-046-047-VAZ005-172215-
SULLIVAN TN-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-
JOHNSON TN-SCOTT VA-
536 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SULLIVAN
NORTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON...JOHNSON...NORTHERN CARTER AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT
COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 536 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRISTOL TN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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,
MOUNTAIN 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
EAST TENNESSEE...AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3642 8172 3641 8174 3636 8172 3634 8171
3634 8175 3635 8178 3636 8179 3634 8184
3630 8191 3624 8195 3643 8253 3665 8245
3662 8231 3660 8229 3660 8215 3651 8170
3649 8170
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 308DEG 31KT 3650 8209
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
BPH
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