URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Morristown TN
305 AM EDT Tue Apr 20 2021 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035-041>047-072-074-081-082-087-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-202000- /O.NEW.KMRX.FZ.A.0002.210422T0400Z-210422T1300Z/ Cherokee-Clay-Scott-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins-Sullivan- Johnson-Morgan-Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene- Southeast Greene-Washington-Unicoi-Northwest Carter- Southeast Carter-Blount Smoky Mountains-Sevier Smoky Mountains- Sequatchie-Bledsoe-Southeast Monroe-Lee-Wise-Russell- Including the cities of Andrews, Marble, Topton, Hiawasse Dam, Murphy, Unaka, Violet, Shooting Creek, Brasstown, Hayesville, Tusquitee, Big South Fork National, Oneida, Smokey Junction, Elgin, Huntsville, Norma, Slick Rock, Fincastle, La Follette, Elk Valley, Jellico, White Oak, Caryville, Royal Blue, Lone Mountain, Sandlick, Springdale, Arthur, Harrogate-Shawanee, Clairfield, Howard Quarter, Evanston, Sneedville, Treadway, Kyles Ford, Mooresburg, Kingsport, Bristol TN, South Holston Dam, Doeville, Mountain City, Neva, Shady Valley, Trade, Laurel Bloomery, Pine Orchard, High Point, Petros, Hartford, Greeneville, Cedar Creek, Johnson City, Erwin, Unicoi, Limestone Cove, Elizabethton, Hampton, Cades Cove, Elkmont, Gatlinburg, Cagle, Dunlap, Cartwright, Lone Oak, Old Cumberland, Palio, Melvine, Mount Crest, Pikeville, Brayton, Citico, Coker Creek, Rose Hill, Big Stone Gap, Norton, Wise, Coeburn, Appalachia, Pardee, Hiltons, Hansonville, Lebanon, Dye, Castlewood, Honaker, Rosedale, Benhams, Bristol VA, and Abingdon 305 AM EDT Tue Apr 20 2021 /205 AM CDT Tue Apr 20 2021/ ... FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
* WHAT... Temperatures dipping to the upper 20s and lower 30s possible.
* WHERE... Portions of east Tennessee, southwest Virginia and southwest North Carolina.
* WHEN... From late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning.
* IMPACTS... Frost and freeze conditions could kill unprotected crops and other sensitive vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-ground pipes to protect them from freezing.