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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 9, 1990Hamilton County, Rhea County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1990, 7:28 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1990, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1990, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, TN, Rhea County, TN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 7:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Rhea, TN
Aug 9, 7:40 PM EDTHail 1.75Hamilton, TN
Aug 9, 8:25 PM EDTHail 1.25Hamilton, TN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1990-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1412 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1990-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1412 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCHA 092328
SVRCHA
TNC065-143-100015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE
728 PM EDT THU AUG 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN RHEA COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE
HAMILTON COUNTY RHEA COUNTY BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SLOWLY
TO THE SOUTH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH SODDY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.