Tornado Watch until 08:00PM Friday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 63 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA CLAY IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES IN EAST TENNESSEE CARTER CLAIBORNE 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, ARTHUR, BEAN STATION, BENHAMS, BIG STONE GAP, BRASSTOWN, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, BYBEE, CASTLEWOOD, CHESTNUT HILL, CLAIRFIELD, COEBURN, DANDRIDGE, DOEVILLE, DYE, ELIZABETHTON, ELKMONT, ERWIN, EVANSTON, GREENEVILLE, HAMPTON, HANSONVILLE, HARRISBURG, HARROGATE-SHAWANEE, HARTFORD, HAYESVILLE, HILTONS, HONAKER, HOWARD QUARTER, JEFFERSON CITY, JOHNSON CITY, KINGSPORT, KODAK, KYLES FORD, LAUREL BLOOMERY, LEBANON, LIMESTONE COVE, LONE MOUNTAIN, MCMAHAN, MOORESBURG, MORRISTOWN, MOUNTAIN CITY, NEVA, NEWPORT, NORTON, PARDEE, PIGEON FORGE, ROSE HILL, ROSEDALE, RUSSELLVILLE, SANDLICK, SEVIERVILLE, SEYMOUR, SHADY VALLEY, SHOOTING CREEK, SNEEDVILLE, SOUTH HOLSTON DAM, SPRINGDALE, STRAWBERRY PLAINS, TRADE, TREADWAY, TUSQUITEE, UNICOI, WHITE PINE, AND WISE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CLAY, NC ... CARTER, TN ... CLAIBORNE, 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
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