9/5/2025 5:43:00 PM until 9/6/2025 1:00:00 AM

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. If on or near Lake Burton, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 606 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN EAST TENNESSEE CAMPBELL CLAIBORNE HANCOCK MORGAN SCOTT IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARTHUR, BIG SOUTH FORK NATIONAL, CARYVILLE, CLAIRFIELD, ELGIN, ELK VALLEY, EVANSTON, FINCASTLE, HARROGATE-SHAWANEE, HIGH POINT, HOWARD QUARTER, HUNTSVILLE, JELLICO, KYLES FORD, LA FOLLETTE, LONE MOUNTAIN, NORMA, ONEIDA, PETROS, PINE ORCHARD, ROSE HILL, ROYAL BLUE, SANDLICK, SLICK ROCK, SMOKEY JUNCTION, SNEEDVILLE, SPRINGDALE, TREADWAY, AND WHITE OAK.