Tennessee, Virginia Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/04/2026 20:05

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 11:05PM EDT until July 5 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Morristown TN
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 4, 2026 - 8:05pm
Expires: 
July 4, 2026 - 9:00pm
Description: 
SVRMRX The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Sullivan County in east Tennessee... Northwestern Johnson County in east Tennessee... Northeastern Carter County in east Tennessee... South central Washington County in southwestern Virginia... * Until midnight EDT. * At 1105 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast of Elizabethton, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Bristol Tn, Elizabethton, South Holston Dam, Hunter, Morril's Cave, Doeville, Harr, Sadie, and Shady Valley. This includes Interstate 81 in Virginia between mile markers 13 and 14.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description: 
Carter, TN; Johnson, TN; Sullivan, TN; Washington, VA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Morristown TN