9/26/24 Update: Event canceled due to severe weather forecast for area.

Officials with Hamblen County Schools making the announcement this (Thursday) afternoon say impending weather has caused them to cancel the training exercise involving the Morristown Police Department and the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Department previously scheduled for Friday at Morristown-Hamblen West High School.

No word yet as to whether or not that training event will be rescheduled.

Morristown, TN (WOKI) Traffic delays are expected in Morristown on Friday while the Morristown Police Department and the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Department participate in a training exercise.

MPD says the exercise, which will be held at Morristown-Hamblen West High School, will be from 7 a.m. to noon.

Students will not be in school on Friday, but there may be traffic delays in the area.

Training signs, message boards and officers will help direct traffic to minimize delays.

Several law enforcement and other response vehicles will be at the high school for the training.