NWS Morristown TNSV.W 0179September 20, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Hamilton, Marion and Sequatchie, TN
The National Weather Service office in Morristown issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Hamilton, Marion and Sequatchie in Tennessee, which was in force until 7:30 p.m. local time on September 20. It was the 179th 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 49 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Morristown TN
- Area
- Hamilton, Marion and Sequatchie
- State
- Tennessee
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:41 p.m. EDT, September 20, 2026
- Expires
- 7:30 p.m. EDT, September 20, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMRX SV.W 0179
- 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... Southwestern Sequatchie County in east Tennessee... Northeastern Marion County in east Tennessee... West central Hamilton County in east Tennessee... * Until 730 PM EDT/630 PM CDT/. * At 641 PM EDT/541 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dunlap, moving south at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Dunlap, Signal Mountain, Walden, Whitwell, Fairmount, Powells Crossroads, Martin Springs, Cartwright, Lone Oak, and Griffith Creek.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.