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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
1104 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
NORTHEASTERN HAWKINS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
WEST CENTRAL CARTER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
THE CITY OF BRISTOL IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 1103 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSPORT,  
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
JOHNSON CITY, KINGSPORT, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, ELIZABETHTON,  
JONESBOROUGH, WEBER CITY, CENTRAL, SPURGEON, AND PINE CREST.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 26 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 26.  
INTERSTATE 81 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3641 8287 3663 8266 3663 8207 3626 8226  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 281DEG 44KT 3649 8261  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
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