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Powerful Winter Storm from the Upper Midwest into the Northeast; Severe Thunderstorms in the Midwest and Ohio Valley

A rapidly-intensifying storm is expected to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions, and icing from the Upper Midwest through the Great Lakes and Northeast. Scattered severe thunderstorms may produce severe/damaging wind gusts and a couple of tornadoes across parts of the Midwest and lower Ohio Valley through the evening. Arctic air will expand across the central and southern U.S.. Read More >


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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
149 PM EST Sun Dec 28 2025

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Southeast Greene-Washington TN-Unicoi-Northwest Carter-
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149 PM EST Sun Dec 28 2025 /1249 PM CST Sun Dec 28 2025/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Strong and gusty southwesterly winds are expected later today through
Monday, with the strongest winds across the higher elevations.
Winds of 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 35 mph are expected for lower
elevations starting this afternoon, with gusts to 50 mph for the
mountains tonight. Winds will turn out of the west overnight.
Please see either the Wind Advisory or Special Weather Statement
for details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Much colder temperatures are expected for Monday and Tuesday,
with wind chills dropping to near zero across the higher
elevations Monday night. Winds chills across the lower elevations
will be in the single digits across southwest Virginia and
northeast Tennessee to the teens elsewhere.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not needed at this time.

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