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Washington County, VA Department of Emergency Management
Friday June 17th, 2022 :: 01:04 p.m. EDT

Advisory

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 05:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 384 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN EAST TENNESSEE CARTER COCKE GRAINGER GREENE HAMBLEN HANCOCK HAWKINS JEFFERSON JOHNSON SEVIER SULLIVAN UNICOI 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, ALPHA, APPALACHIA, BEAN STATION, BENHAMS, BIG STONE GAP, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, BYBEE, CASTLEWOOD, CHESTNUT HILL, COEBURN, DANDRIDGE, DOEVILLE, DYE, ELIZABETHTON, ELKMONT, ERWIN, EVANSTON, GREENEVILLE, HAMPTON, HANSONVILLE, HARRISBURG, HARTFORD, HILTONS, HONAKER, JEFFERSON CITY, JOHNSON CITY, KINGSPORT, KODAK, KYLES FORD, LAUREL BLOOMERY, LEBANON, LIMESTONE COVE, MCMAHAN, MOORESBURG, MORRISTOWN, MOUNTAIN CITY, NEVA, NEWPORT, NORTON, PARDEE, PIGEON FORGE, ROSE HILL, ROSEDALE, RUSSELLVILLE, SEVIERVILLE, SEYMOUR, SHADY VALLEY, SNEEDVILLE, SOUTH HOLSTON DAM, STRAWBERRY PLAINS, TRADE, TREADWAY, UNICOI, WHITE PINE, AND WISE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CARTER, TN ... COCKE, TN ... GRAINGER, TN ... GREENE, TN ... HAMBLEN, TN ... HANCOCK, TN ... HAWKINS, TN ... JEFFERSON, TN ... JOHNSON, TN ... SEVIER, TN ... SULLIVAN, TN ... UNICOI, 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

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant 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:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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