Dangerous Heat in the Central and Eastern U.S.; Severe Thunderstorms in the Central U.S. and Northeast; Critical Fire Weather in the Four Corners

Dangerous, record-breaking heat will intensify across most of the central and eastern U.S this week. Heat indices will likely exceed 100 degrees. Severe thunderstorms are forecast across parts of the Upper Midwest into the Great Lakes, the Northeast, and the central High Plains. Critical fire weather conditions will continue across portions of the Four Corners and Great Basin. Read More >

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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
233 AM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026

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Northwest Cocke-Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene-
Southeast Greene-Washington TN-Unicoi-Northwest Carter-
Southeast Carter-Roane-Loudon-Knox-Jefferson-Northwest Blount-
Blount Smoky Mountains-North Sevier-Sevier Smoky Mountains-
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Southeast Monroe-Marion-Hamilton-Bradley-West Polk-East Polk-Lee-
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233 AM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026 /133 AM CDT Wed Jul 1 2026/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North
Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Very hot conditions this afternoon, with heat index values
expected to approach or exceed 100 all but the higher elevations.
See the heat advisory for more details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Very hot conditions are expected Thursday through at least
Friday, with afternoon heat index values expected to approach or
exceed 100 at times over all but the higher elevations. See the
heat advisory for more details.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not needed at this time.

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