East Tennessee NOAA weather radios to be down until Friday, National Weather Service says
The outage affects 33 counties in East Tennessee, five in Virginia and two in North Carolina.
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WVLT) - The National Weather Service of Morristown said a system patch is going to interrupt NOAA Weather Radio Transmitters this week.
From now until Friday, NWS officials said anyone who uses an NOAA weather radio must use alternate methods to obtain weather information.
In the meantime, you can download the WVLT First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android to keep up with the latest forecast details and emergency watches and warnings for your location.
This affects anyone who lives in the following counties:
- Anderson
- Bledsoe
- Blount
- Bradley
- Campbell
- Carter
- Claiborne
- Cocke
- Grainger
- Greene
- Hamblen
- Hamilton
- Hancock
- Hawkins
- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Knox
- Loudon
- Marion
- McMinn
- Meigs
- Monroe
- Morgan
- Polk
- Rhea
- Roane
- Scott
- Sequatchie
- Sevier
- Sullivan
- Unicoi
- Union
- Washington
- Lee, VA
- Russell, VA
- Scott, VA
- Washington, VA
- Wise, VA
- Cherokee, NC
- Clay, NC
During the outage, East Tennessee is forecasted to see rain and scattered thunderstorms each day.
Related Coverage: Rain and storms continue at times for several days
Click here for more information from the NWS.
Our turn for systems patching - those who use East TN NOAA Weather Radios will have to use alternate methods of obtaining weather information from tomorrow through Friday, good reminder to have multiple ways of getting the same info! pic.twitter.com/RTMxxExHko
— NWS Morristown (@NWSMorristown) May 26, 2025
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