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Washington County, VA Department of Emergency Management
Saturday July 29th, 2023 :: 03:45 p.m. EDT

Advisory

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10:00PM Saturday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 570 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES IN EAST TENNESSEE ANDERSON BLOUNT CAMPBELL CARTER CLAIBORNE COCKE GRAINGER GREENE HAMBLEN HANCOCK HAWKINS JEFFERSON JOHNSON KNOX LOUDON MONROE 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, APPALACHIA, ARTHUR, BEAN STATION, BEARDEN, BENHAMS, BIG STONE GAP, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, BULLET CREEK, BYBEE, CARYVILLE, CASTLEWOOD, CHESTNUT HILL, CLAIRFIELD, CLINTON, COEBURN, DANDRIDGE, DOEVILLE, DYE, ELIZABETHTON, ELK VALLEY, ELKMONT, ERWIN, EVANSTON, FINCASTLE, GREENEVILLE, HAMPTON, HANSONVILLE, HAPPY VALLEY, HARRISBURG, HARROGATE-SHAWANEE, HARTFORD, HILTONS, HONAKER, HOWARD QUARTER, JEFFERSON CITY, JELLICO, JOHNSON CITY, KINGSPORT, KNOXVILLE, KODAK, KYLES FORD, LA FOLLETTE, LAKE FOREST, LAUREL BLOOMERY, LEBANON, LENOIR CITY, LIMESTONE COVE, LONE MOUNTAIN, LOUDON, LUTTRELL, MADISONVILLE, MARYVILLE, MAYNARDVILLE, MCMAHAN, MOORESBURG, MORRISTOWN, MOUNTAIN CITY, NEVA, NEWPORT, NORRIS LAKE, NORTON, OAK RIDGE, PARDEE, PAULETTE, PIGEON FORGE, ROSE HILL, ROSE HILL, ROSEDALE, ROYAL BLUE, RUSSELLVILLE, SANDLICK, SEVIERVILLE, SEYMOUR, SHADY VALLEY, SHARPS CHAPEL, SNEEDVILLE, SOUTH HOLSTON DAM, SPRINGDALE, STRAWBERRY PLAINS, SWEETWATER, TRADE, TREADWAY, UNICOI, WHITE OAK, WHITE PINE, AND WISE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ANDERSON, TN ... BLOUNT, TN ... CAMPBELL, TN ... CARTER, TN ... CLAIBORNE, TN ... COCKE, TN ... GRAINGER, TN ... GREENE, TN ... HAMBLEN, TN ... HANCOCK, TN ... HAWKINS, TN ... JEFFERSON, TN ... JOHNSON, TN ... KNOX, TN ... LOUDON, TN ... MONROE, 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

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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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