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Severe Weather Statement

National Weather Service Morristown TN

259 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025



TNC073-VAC167-169-170708-

/O.CAN.KMRX.SV.W.0136.000000T0000Z-250517T0730Z/

Hawkins TN-Russell VA-Scott VA-

259 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025



...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HAWKINS...RUSSELL AND SCOTT

COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...



The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 

area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.



A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for east

Tennessee...and southwestern Virginia.



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LAT...LON 3660 8187 3640 8219 3640 8230 3626 8234

      3616 8243 3615 8253 3631 8297 3642 8268

      3646 8270 3652 8261 3659 8261 3660 8230

      3670 8233 3673 8231 3680 8211 3683 8212

      3686 8208 3687 8194 3693 8184 3663 8161

TIME...MOT...LOC 0658Z 293DEG 37KT 3709 8172 3687 8197 3669 8235 3641

8292



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TNC019-059-091-163-179-VAC191-520-170730-

/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0136.000000T0000Z-250517T0730Z/

Sullivan TN-Washington TN-Greene TN-Johnson TN-Carter TN-

City of Bristol VA-Washington VA-

259 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025



...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT

FOR SULLIVAN...WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN GREENE...NORTH CENTRAL

JOHNSON...NORTHWESTERN CARTER AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF

BRISTOL...



At 258 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line

extending from near Cedar Bluff to 6 miles east of Lebanon to 9 miles

northwest of Walnut Hill to near Rogersville, moving southeast at 45

mph.



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



SOURCE...Emergency dispatch reports trees down across the warned 

         area.



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



Locations impacted include...

Leesburg, Chucky, Damascus, Limestone, Spurgeon, South Holston Dam,

Sullivan Gardens, Bristol Tn, Jonesborough, and Johnson City.



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.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for east

Tennessee...and southwestern Virginia.



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

building.



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LAT...LON 3660 8187 3640 8219 3640 8230 3626 8234

      3616 8243 3615 8253 3631 8297 3642 8268

      3646 8270 3652 8261 3659 8261 3660 8230

      3670 8233 3673 8231 3680 8211 3683 8212

      3686 8208 3687 8194 3693 8184 3663 8161

TIME...MOT...LOC 0658Z 293DEG 37KT 3709 8172 3687 8197 3669 8235 3641

8292



HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH



$$



JLB