Tornado Watch until 08:00PM Friday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 186 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA CHEROKEE CLAY IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 31 COUNTIES IN EAST TENNESSEE ANDERSON BLEDSOE BLOUNT BRADLEY CAMPBELL CARTER CLAIBORNE COCKE GRAINGER GREENE HAMBLEN HAMILTON HANCOCK HAWKINS JEFFERSON JOHNSON KNOX LOUDON MCMINN MEIGS MONROE MORGAN POLK RHEA ROANE SCOTT SEVIER SULLIVAN UNICOI UNION WASHINGTON IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CITY OF BRISTOL CITY OF NORTON LEE RUSSELL SCOTT WASHINGTON WISE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABINGDON, ALCOA, ALPHA, ANDREWS, APPALACHIA, ARCHVILLE, ARTHUR, ATHENS, BEAN STATION, BEARDEN, BENHAMS, BENTON, BIG SOUTH FORK NATIONAL, BIG SPRING, BIG STONE GAP, BRADBURY, BRASSTOWN, BRAYTON, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, BULLET CREEK, BYBEE, CARYVILLE, CASTLEWOOD, CHATTANOOGA, CHESTNUT HILL, CLAIRFIELD, CLEAR WATER, CLEVELAND, CLINTON, COEBURN, CONASAUGA, DANDRIDGE, DAYTON, DENTVILLE, DOEVILLE, DYE, EAGLE FURNACE, ELGIN, ELIZABETHTON, ELK VALLEY, ELKMONT, ERWIN, ETOWAH, EVANSTON, EVENSVILLE, FAIRVIEW, FINCASTLE, GRANDVIEW, GREENEVILLE, HAMPTON, HANSONVILLE, HAPPY VALLEY, HARRIMAN, HARRISBURG, HARROGATE-SHAWANEE, HARTFORD, HAYESVILLE, HIAWASSE DAM, HIGH POINT, HILTONS, HONAKER, HOWARD QUARTER, HUNTSVILLE, JEFFERSON CITY, JELLICO, JOHNSON CITY, KINGSPORT, KINGSTON, KNOXVILLE, KODAK, KYLES FORD, LA FOLLETTE, LAKE FOREST, LAUREL BLOOMERY, LEBANON, LENOIR CITY, LIMESTONE COVE, LONE MOUNTAIN, LOUDON, LUTTRELL, MADISONVILLE, MARBLE, MARYVILLE, MAYNARDVILLE, MCMAHAN, MELVINE, MOORESBURG, MORRISTOWN, MOUNT CREST, MOUNTAIN CITY, MURPHY, NEVA, NEWPORT, NORMA, NORRIS LAKE, NORTON, OAK RIDGE, OLD CUMBERLAND, OLD WASHINGTON, OLIVER SPRINGS, ONEIDA, PALIO, PARDEE, PARKSVILLE, PAULETTE, PETROS, PIGEON FORGE, PIKEVILLE, PINE ORCHARD, RELIANCE, ROCKWOOD, ROSE HILL, ROSE HILL, ROSEDALE, ROYAL BLUE, RUSSELLVILLE, SANDLICK, SEVIERVILLE, SEYMOUR, SHADY VALLEY, SHARPS CHAPEL, SHOOTING CREEK, SLICK ROCK, SMOKEY JUNCTION, SNEEDVILLE, SOUTH HOLSTON DAM, SPRING CITY, SPRINGDALE, STRAWBERRY PLAINS, SWEETWATER, TASSO, TOPTON, TRADE, TREADWAY, TUSQUITEE, UNAKA, UNICOI, VIOLET, WHITE OAK, WHITE PINE, AND WISE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, NC ... CLAY, NC ... ANDERSON, TN ... BLEDSOE, TN ... BLOUNT, TN ... BRADLEY, TN ... CAMPBELL, TN ... CARTER, TN ... CLAIBORNE, TN ... COCKE, TN ... GRAINGER, TN ... GREENE, TN ... HAMBLEN, TN ... HAMILTON, TN ... HANCOCK, TN ... HAWKINS, TN ... JEFFERSON, TN ... JOHNSON, TN ... KNOX, TN ... LOUDON, TN ... MCMINN, TN ... MEIGS, TN ... MONROE, TN ... MORGAN, TN ... POLK, TN ... RHEA, TN ... ROANE, TN ... SCOTT, TN ... SEVIER, TN ... SULLIVAN, TN ... UNICOI, TN ... UNION, TN ... WASHINGTON, TN ... LEE, VA ... RUSSELL, VA ... SCOTT, VA ... WASHINGTON, VA ... WISE, VA ... CITY OF BRISTOL, VA ... CITY OF NORTON, VA
Address/Location
Washington County, VA Department of Emergency Management
1 Government Center Pl
Abingdon, VA 24210
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 276-525-1330
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP WASHCOVA followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Tornado Watch