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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 29, 2026, 12:50 PM EST for 20 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia; Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 30, 2026, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 33 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2026, 12:50 PM EST (17:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2026, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2026, 9:32 PM EST
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
All 29 counties
Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Blount County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Polk County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2:50 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen and 9 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Hamilton and 11 more | 54 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:00 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 25 more | 71 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:00 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Tennessee, 2026Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2026Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2026Every winter storm warning in 2026
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.