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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 12:42 AM Aug. 12, 2026 – National Weather Service
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 571 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES IN EAST TENNESSEE CARTER CLAIBORNE COCKE GRAINGER GREENE HAMBLEN HANCOCK HAWKINS JEFFERSON JOHNSON SEVIER SULLIVAN UNICOI WASHINGTON IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CITY OF BRISTOL CITY OF NORTON LEE RUSSELL SCOTT WASHINGTON WISE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABINGDON, ALPHA, APPALACHIA, ARTHUR, BEAN STATION, BENHAMS, BIG STONE GAP, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, BYBEE, CASTLEWOOD, CHESTNUT HILL, CLAIRFIELD, COEBURN, DANDRIDGE, DOEVILLE, DYE, ELIZABETHTON, ELKMONT, ERWIN, EVANSTON, GREENEVILLE, HAMPTON, HANSONVILLE, HARRISBURG, HARROGATE-SHAWANEE, HARTFORD, HILTONS, HONAKER, HOWARD QUARTER, JEFFERSON CITY, JOHNSON CITY, KINGSPORT, KODAK, KYLES FORD, LAUREL BLOOMERY, LEBANON, LIMESTONE COVE, LONE MOUNTAIN, MCMAHAN, MOORESBURG, MORRISTOWN, MOUNTAIN CITY, NEVA, NEWPORT, NORTON, PARDEE, PIGEON FORGE, ROSE HILL, ROSEDALE, RUSSELLVILLE, SANDLICK, SEVIERVILLE, SEYMOUR, SHADY VALLEY, SNEEDVILLE, SOUTH HOLSTON DAM, SPRINGDALE, STRAWBERRY PLAINS, TRADE, TREADWAY, UNICOI, WHITE PINE, AND WISE.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 12:24 AM Aug. 12, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Johnson County in east Tennessee... Carter County in east Tennessee... * Until 930 PM EDT. * At 824 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Mount Rogers Summit to near Mountain City to near Elizabethton, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Elizabethton, Mountain City, Hampton, Hunter, Roane Mountain State Park, Neva, Laurel Bloomery, Hampton Creek Cove State Park, Sadie, and Elk Mills. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 12:18 AM Aug. 12, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR EASTERN SULLIVAN...NORTHERN JOHNSON...NORTHEASTERN CARTER AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF BRISTOL... At 818 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Chilhowie to 8 miles northwest of Mountain City to 10 miles southeast of Bristol Va to near Bristol Tn, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Bristol Tn, Bristol Va, Abingdon, Mountain City, Walnut Hill, Bluff City, Glade Spring, Damascus, Morril's Cave, and Laurel Bloomery. This includes the following highways... Interstate 81 in Tennessee between mile markers 72 and 75. Interstate 81 in Virginia between mile markers 1 and 34. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from windows. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 12:08 AM Aug. 12, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Sullivan County in east Tennessee... Hawkins County in east Tennessee... Washington County in east Tennessee... Northeastern Hancock County in east Tennessee... Greene County in east Tennessee... Unicoi County in east Tennessee... Southwestern Carter County in east Tennessee... * Until 915 PM EDT. * At 808 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Walnut Hill to 7 miles west of Kingsport to 8 miles northwest of Surgoinsville, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol Tn, Greeneville, Elizabethton, Erwin, Rogersville, Jonesborough, Tusculum, and Surgoinsville. This includes the following highways... Interstate 26 in Tennessee between mile markers 1 and 43. Interstate 81 in Tennessee between mile markers 22 and 73. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay away from windows. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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