Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1993, 4:53 PM CST for Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 1993, 4:53 PM CST (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1993, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bledsoe County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHA 312252 SVRCHA TNC007-312330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 553 PM EST (453 PM CST) WED MAR 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST (530 PM CST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...BLEDSOE COUNTY AT 550PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST BLEDSOE COUNTY NEAR PIKEVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:29 PM CST, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 530 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... 169 JONES SOURCE..... SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME....... 4:55 PM EST LOCATION... GRAY TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIDTH...... NONE LENGTH..... NONE HAIL....... 3/4 INCH DAMAGE..... NONE TREES...... NONE INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKNOWN
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:35 PM CST, 18 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-312330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 535 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 5:30 PM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR BALDWIN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF BALDWIN COUNTY. THERE WAS 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL IN MILLEDGEVILLE JUST AFTER 5PM WITH THIS STORM. THEE WERE NO OTHER WARNINGS IN EFFECT... BUT THE TORNADO WATCH DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE GEORGIA AREA. RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSHOWER IN SOUTHERN TWIGGS COUNTY WEST OF DUDLEY AND IN IRWIN COUNTY WEST OF FITZGERALD. THE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:36 PM CST, 17 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-312330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 535 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 5:30 PM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR BALDWIN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF BALDWIN COUNTY. THERE WAS 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL IN MILLEDGEVILLE JUST AFTER 5PM WITH THIS STORM. THEE WERE NO OTHER WARNINGS IN EFFECT... BUT THE TORNADO WATCH DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE GEORGIA AREA. RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSHOWER IN SOUTHERN TWIGGS COUNTY WEST OF DUDLEY AND IN IRWIN COUNTY WEST OF FITZGERALD. THE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:39 PM CST, 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 540 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... 091 DODGE SOURCE..... OCMULGEE EMC TIME....... 3:50 PM EST LOCATION... RHINE TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIDTH...... NONE LENGTH..... NONE HAIL....... 1.5 INCH HAIL DAMAGE..... NONE TREES...... NONE INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKNOWN
Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:44 PM CST, 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 545 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 COUNTY........ HABERSHAM SOURCE........ FIRE DEPT TIME.......... 1730 EST/2230Z LOCATION...... CLARKSVILLE GEORGIA TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... MARBLE SIZE DAMAGE........ NONE KNOWN INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN
Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:45 PM CST, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 545 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 COUNTY........ RABUN SOURCE........ HAM RADIO TIME.......... 1720-1730 EST / 2220-2230Z LOCATION...... 9 MI SOUTH OF CLAYTON GEORGIA TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NICKEL SIZE DAMAGE........ NONE KNOWN INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 9:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rhea | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rhea | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 5:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rhea | 39 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.