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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2026, 5:17 PM EDT for Hawkins County, Sullivan County, Tennessee; Scott County, Virginia. It was in force for 43 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
- Jun 29, 2026, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hawkins County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Scott County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 249 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 29, 2:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 2:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 200 PM EDT Mon Jun 29 2026 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-301800- Cherokee-Clay-Scott TN-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins- Sullivan-Johnson-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Grainger-Hamblen- Northwest Cocke-Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene- Southeast Greene-Washington TN-Unicoi-Northwest Carter- Southeast Carter-Roane-Loudon-Knox-Jefferson-Northwest Blount- Blount Smoky Mountains-North Sevier-Sevier Smoky Mountains- Sequatchie-Bledsoe-Rhea-Meigs-McMinn-Northwest Monroe- Southeast Monroe-Marion-Hamilton-Bradley-West Polk-East Polk-Lee- Wise-Scott VA-Russell-Washington VA- 200 PM EDT Mon Jun 29 2026 /100 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A few showers and possibly a thunderstorm can be expected across the northeastern portions of our area this afternoon. Any heavy rainfall that occurs where the ground is already saturated may lead to localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Very hot conditions are expected Tuesday through at least Friday, with afternoon heat index values expected to approach or exceed 100 at times over all but the higher elevations. See the heat advisory for more details. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Any reports of additional flooding are greatly appreciated.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1:34 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 5 days |
| Jun 29, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hawkins | 49 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.