Weather Alerts For Rockford, TN

# HEADLINE -------------------- HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SATURDAY # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Afternoon heat index values will approach or exceed 100 at times over all but the higher elevations, and some valley locations may see heat index values exceed 105. WHERE Portions of southwest North Carolina, East Tennessee, and southwest Virginia. WHEN Until 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ Saturday. IMPACTS Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. ISSUED AT Friday, July 3, 2026 at 1:31 AM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Morristown TN HEADER URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Blount Smoky Mountains, Northwest Cocke, Sequatchie, Southeast Carter, Southeast Greene, Southeast Monroe, Sullivan, Wise, Anderson, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cherokee, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke Smoky Mountains, East Polk, Grainger, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Lee, Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Morgan, North Sevier, Northwest Blount, Northwest Carter, Northwest Greene, Northwest Monroe, Rhea, Roane, Russell, Scott TN, Scott VA, Sevier Smoky Mountains, Unicoi, Union, Washington TN, Washington VA, West Polk Including the cities of Cartwright, La Follette, Norris Lake, Elizabethton, Pigeon Forge, Fincastle, Jasper, Topton, Appalachia, Powells Crossroads, Evanston, Russellville, Unaka, Parksville, Old Washington, Rose Hill, Harriman, Pikeville, Dunlap, Sweetwater, Rockwood, Alcoa, Mountain City, Bradbury, South Pittsburg, Erwin, Royal Blue, Dandridge, Citico, Andrews, Bullet Creek, Maynardville, Ducktown, Eagle Furnace, Madisonville, Greeneville, Kyles Ford, Trade, White Pine, Mooresburg, Clear Water, Violet, Cades Cove, Benton, Lenoir City, Elgin, Bean Station, Elkmont, Lebanon, Coeburn, Elk Valley, Luttrell, Oak Ridge, Honaker, Brayton, Hiltons, Marble, Hartford, Strawberry Plains, Smokey Junction, Newport, Alpha, Lone Oak, Limestone Cove, South Holston Dam, Dye, Mount Crest, Gatlinburg, Hiawasse Dam, Chestnut Hill, Bearden, Kingsport, Big Stone Gap, Cedar Creek, Pine Orchard, Athens, Arthur, Clinton, Harrogate-Shawanee, Chattanooga, Reliance, Unicoi, Happy Valley, Bybee, Benhams, Clairfield, Lone Mountain, Turtletown, Monteagle, Paulette, Doeville, Conasauga, Seymour, Norma, Martin Springs, Sneedville, Sharps Chapel, Big South Fork National, Bristol VA, Rosedale, Pardee, Bristol TN, Dentville, Brasstown, Treadway, Laurel Bloomery, Oneida, Castlewood, Kingston, Dayton, Oliver Springs, Johnson City, Etowah, Archville, Shooting Creek, Loudon, Petros, Sevierville, Sandlick, Evensville, Old Cumberland, Big Spring, Harrisburg, Wise, Hansonville, McMahan, Grandview, Palio, High Point, Haletown (Guild), Morristown, Lookout Mountain, Signal Mountain, Murphy, Tasso, Tusquitee, Lake Forest, Melvine, Kodak, Neva, Fairview, Norton, Jefferson City, Abingdon, Caryville, Cleveland, Cagle, Coker Creek, Jellico, Big Frog Mountain, Hayesville, Slick Rock, Huntsville, Maryville, White Oak, Hampton, Spring City, Howard Quarter, Springdale, Whitwell, Shady Valley, and Knoxville

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA SUMMARY Scattered wind damage and large hail are expected from parts of Nebraska into Iowa today. Isolated to scattered severe storms are also possible extending eastward from the northern/central Plains into the Midwest, Tennessee Valley, and Mid-Atlantic. SD/NE Water vapor loop shows a weak shortwave trough over central WY approaching the Black Hills region. This, along with remnant outflow boundaries from recent convection, will aid in the development of scattered thunderstorms over western SD/NE by mid/late afternoon. Steep mid-level lapse rates and supercell structures will promote the risk of very large hail in the initial storms over the Black Hills. Activity is expected to organized into a bowing MCS during the evening and track roughly along the NE/SD border with a risk of severe wind and hail. NE/IA/Northwest MO Moderately strong southerly low-level winds over KS will maintain a hot/humid air mass across southeast NE today. Thunderstorms are expected to intensify along pre-existing outflow boundaries by late afternoon and develop/move into IA. Large CAPE in this region (MLCAPE > 4000 J/kg) and sufficient westerly flow aloft will pose a risk of supercells capable of large hail and damaging winds through the evening hours. IA/IL/IN/MI/OH A remnant outflow boundary is also tracking eastward across the MS river into northern IL. The air mass ahead of this boundary is very moist and unstable with dewpoints in the mid 70s and peak diurnal CAPE values expected to exceed 3500 J/kg. Models differ on convective evolution of storms that form in this regime, but there is potential for an upscale-growing MCS producing a swath of wind damage from northern IL into parts of IN/MI and northwest OH this evening. NY/PA/NJ Hot and humid conditions are present across much of the northeast states today, with full sunshine leading to steep low-level lapse rates and moderate CAPE. It is unclear how many thunderstorms will form in this region today given weak forcing. However, the environment is conditionally favorable for damaging winds in any convective clusters that can persist. TN Valley/Southern Appalachians A widespread moist and unstable air mass will aid in the development of disorganized and slow-moving thunderstorms again this afternoon and early evening. Weak winds aloft suggest chaotic storm evolutions, but the strongest cells will pose a risk of locally damaging winds gusts and small hail throughout the area.