429  
WUUS54 KMRX 212208  
SVRMRX  
TNC163-VAC169-191-520-212300-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0183.260921T2208Z-260921T2300Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
608 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
THE CITY OF BRISTOL IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 608 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALNUT HILL,  
OR 7 MILES WEST OF BRISTOL TN, MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
KINGSPORT, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, WALNUT HILL, BLUFF CITY, SOUTH  
HOLSTON DAM, TRI-CITY AIRPORT, BENHAMS, AND BLOUNTVILLE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 81 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 75.  
INTERSTATE 81 IN VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7.  
 
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 3647 8240 3662 8243 3673 8216 3647 8207  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 249DEG 6KT 3654 8234  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
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