NWS Morristown TNSV.W 0169September 5, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Carter, Cocke, Greene and 3 more, TN
The National Weather Service office in Morristown issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Carter, Cocke, Greene and 3 more in Tennessee, which was in force until 1:15 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 169th 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 48 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Morristown TN
- Area
- Carter, Cocke, Greene and 3 more
- State
- Tennessee
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 12:27 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 1:15 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMRX SV.W 0169
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee since 2008Every warning type in Tennessee
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The notice as issued
SVRMRX The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Washington County in east Tennessee... Southeastern Jefferson County in east Tennessee... Cocke County in east Tennessee... Greene County in east Tennessee... Unicoi County in east Tennessee... Southwestern Carter County in east Tennessee... * Until 115 PM EDT. * At 1227 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Johnson City to near Baneberry, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Johnson City, Greeneville, Elizabethton, Newport, Erwin, Dandridge, Jonesborough, Tusculum, White Pine, and Baneberry. This includes the following highways... Interstate 26 in Tennessee between mile markers 19 and 54. Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 419 and 451. Interstate 81 in Tennessee between mile markers 1 and 8.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Wind damage with these storms will occur before any rain or lightning. Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee since 2008603 a year
- Every warning type in Tennessee
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels