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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1116 AM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
HAWKINS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT.
* AT 1115 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF WALNUT HILL TO SNEEDVILLE, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY, KINGSPORT, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, GREENEVILLE,
ELIZABETHTON, ROGERSVILLE, GATE CITY, SNEEDVILLE, AND JONESBOROUGH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 26 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 23.
INTERSTATE 81 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 75.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3609 8290 3654 8335 3685 8241 3675 8234
3671 8233 3672 8232 3660 8224 3660 8209
3640 8204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1515Z 314DEG 31KT 3678 8235 3651 8319
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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