NWS Morristown TNSV.W 0181September 21, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Campbell and Claiborne, TN
The National Weather Service office in Morristown issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Campbell and Claiborne in Tennessee, which was in force until 3:45 p.m. local time on September 21. It was the 181st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Morristown issued in 2026. Tennessee had 23 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 17 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Tennessee's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 43 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Morristown TN
- Area
- Campbell and Claiborne
- State
- Tennessee
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:02 p.m. EDT, September 21, 2026
- Expires
- 3:45 p.m. EDT, September 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMRX SV.W 0181
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRMRX The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Claiborne County in east Tennessee... Northeastern Campbell County in east Tennessee... * Until 345 PM EDT. * At 302 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lot, or 11 miles northeast of La Follette, moving southeast at 5 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Jellico, Fincastle, White Oak, and Clairfield.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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