Special Weather Statement
NWS Morristown TN ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Central Sullivan...Southeastern Scott And Southwestern Washington Counties And The City Of Bristol Through 645 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 554 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Walnut Hill, or 7 miles west of Bristol Tn, moving east at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 45 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Kingsport, Bristol Tn, Bristol Va, Walnut Hill, Bluff City, Tri-City Airport, Benhams, and Blountville.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Sullivan County, TN
- Scott County, VA
- Washington County, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Morristown TN
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m1s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32ZE6HN5NG2F3K7HEX6DFHA
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.26588fdd36a6ae778eb9442e8d6dee21c1e6f99c.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Morristown TN
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMRX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.6824
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSMRX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS84 KMRX 212154 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL SULLIVAN...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF BRISTOL THROUGH 645 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T21:54:00-00:00...storm...254DEG...10KT...36.54,-82.34 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Sullivan County, TN
- Scott County, VA
- Washington County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 047163 |
| SAME | 051169 |
| SAME | 051191 |
| SAME | 051520 |
| UGC | TNZ017 |
| UGC | VAZ005 |
| UGC | VAZ008 |
- Polygons
- 36.48,-82.4 36.6,-82.45 36.72,-82.2 36.46,-82.07 36.48,-82.4