NWS Morristown TNSV.W 0175September 18, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Sevier, TN
The National Weather Service office in Morristown issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Sevier in Tennessee, which was in force until 8:45 p.m. local time on September 18. It was the 175th 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 44 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Morristown TN
- Area
- Sevier
- State
- Tennessee
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:01 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2026
- Expires
- 8:45 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMRX SV.W 0175
- 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... Southeastern Sevier County in east Tennessee... * Until 845 PM EDT. * At 800 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gatlinburg, moving south at 10 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... Gatlinburg, Smoky Mountains-Newfound Gap, Smoky Mountains-Balsam Mountain, Pittman Center, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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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