940  
WWUS84 KMRX 061126  
SPSMRX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
726 AM EDT SUN SEP 6 2026  
 
TNZ017-018-046-VAZ008-061230-  
SULLIVAN TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-JOHNSON TN-WASHINGTON VA-  
726 AM EDT SUN SEP 6 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN  
 
JOHNSON...NORTHEASTERN CARTER AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND THE EASTERN  
CITY OF BRISTOL THROUGH 830 AM EDT...  
 
AT 725 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
ABINGDON, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...  
BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, ABINGDON, MOUNTAIN CITY, GLADE SPRING,  
DAMASCUS, NEVA, LAUREL BLOOMERY, SHADY VALLEY, AND TRADE.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3662 8161 3661 8165 3659 8168 3657 8168  
3653 8171 3647 8170 3646 8171 3642 8172  
3640 8174 3634 8171 3634 8175 3636 8179  
3631 8190 3627 8194 3667 8219 3689 8180  
3679 8170 3664 8162 3664 8161  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1125Z 310DEG 19KT 3667 8197  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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