NWS Morristown TNSV.W 0166September 5, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lee, Scott, Wise and 1 more, VA
The National Weather Service office in Morristown issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lee, Scott, Wise and 1 more in Virginia, which was in force until 11:15 a.m. local time on September 5. It was the 166th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Morristown issued in 2026. Virginia had 118 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 34 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Virginia's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 41 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Morristown TN
- Area
- Lee, Scott, Wise and 1 more
- State
- Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:34 a.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 11:15 a.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMRX SV.W 0166
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia since 2008Every warning type in Virginia
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The notice as issued
SVRMRX The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Lee County in southwestern Virginia... The City of Norton in southwestern Virginia... Scott County in southwestern Virginia... Wise County in southwestern Virginia... * Until 1115 AM EDT. * At 1034 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Wise to Smith, moving southeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Norton, Wise, Jonesville, Big Stone Gap, Pennington Gap, Coeburn, Appalachia, Pound, St. Paul, and Nickelsville.
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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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia since 2008638 a year
- Every warning type in Virginia
- 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