If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.

At 1147 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Surgoinsville to 14 miles southwest of Colonial Heights to 6 miles east of Tusculum to 10 miles northeast of Hot Springs. Movement was northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol Tn, Bristol Va, Elizabethton, Erwin, Rogersville, Gate City, Jonesborough, and Surgoinsville.