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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Morristown, TN

December 19, 2025Johnson County, Sullivan County, Tennessee; 4 counties in Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 19, 2025, 12:49 AM EST for Johnson County, Sullivan County, Tennessee; 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2025, 12:49 AM EST (05:49 UTC)
Expired: Dec 19, 2025, 1:30 AM EST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Johnson County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 18, 6:30 PM EST, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 6:30 PM EST, 6 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 12:57 PM EST, 11 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 18, 9:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Rhea, Sequatchie	50 min
Dec 18, 10:04 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Morgan, Scott	41 min
Dec 18, 10:20 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Roane	40 min
Dec 18, 10:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Roane, Union	39 min
Dec 18, 10:55 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe	50 min
Dec 18, 10:57 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bradley, Polk	48 min
Dec 18, 11:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Jefferson, Knox and 1 more	52 min
Dec 18, 11:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox and 1 more	44 min
Dec 18, 11:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hancock, Hawkins	51 min
Dec 18, 11:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson, Sevier	45 min
Dec 19, 12:06 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Unicoi, Washington	39 min
Dec 19, 12:22 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Unicoi	38 min
Dec 19, 12:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Sullivan	49 min
Dec 19, 12:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington	45 min
Dec 19, 1:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Johnson	29 min
Dec 18, 11:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	56 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.