Headline

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 2:29AM EDT until May 17 at 3:30AM EDT by NWS Morristown TN

Description

SVRMRX

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...
Northeastern Greene County in east Tennessee...
North central Johnson County in east Tennessee...
Northwestern Carter County in east Tennessee...
Russell County in southwestern Virginia...
The City of Bristol in southwestern Virginia...
Scott County in southwestern Virginia...
Washington County in southwestern Virginia...

* Until 330 AM EDT.

* At 229 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles southeast of Grundy to near Trammel to 8
miles southeast of Big Stone Gap to Sneedville, moving southeast at
40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Weber City, Limestone, McCloud, Treadway, South Holston Dam,
Bristol Tn, Collingwood, Okolona, Hansonville, and Honaker.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 26 in Tennessee between mile markers 1 and 23.
Interstate 81 in Tennessee between mile markers 32 and 75.
Interstate 81 in Virginia between mile markers 1 and 32.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for east
Tennessee...and southwestern Virginia.

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