Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1994, 10:00 PM EDT for Meigs County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1994, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1994, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Meigs County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1282 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCHA 170203 RRA SVRCHA TNC121-170245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 1000 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...SOUTHERN MEIGS COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN MEIGS COUNTY MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. 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.
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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-162240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 440 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 435 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR TALLAPOOSA IN HARALSON COUNTY...10 MILES SOPUTHEAST OF CARROLLTON IN CAROLL COUNTY...AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THUDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO THIS EVENING. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-162240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 440 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 435 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR TALLAPOOSA IN HARALSON COUNTY...10 MILES SOPUTHEAST OF CARROLLTON IN CAROLL COUNTY...AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THUDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO THIS EVENING. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-170010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 606 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994 AT 6 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTH OF NEWNAN THROUGH GREENVILLE TO NEAR WARM SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVED WEST AT 10 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAbFETY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-170010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 606 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994 AT 6 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTH OF NEWNAN THROUGH GREENVILLE TO NEAR WARM SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVED WEST AT 10 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
GAZAL048-170010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 707 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994 AT 7 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR OPELIKA AND AUBURN ALABAMA. OTHERS WERE IN GEORGIA NEAR COLUMBUS...HAMILTON...TALBOTTON AND CUSSETA IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR DAMASCUS IN EARLY COUNTY AND NEAR ALBANY IN DOUGHERTY COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS WEST AT 5 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
GAZAL048-170010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 707 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994 AT 7 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR OPELIKA AND AUBURN ALABAMA. OTHERS WERE IN GEORGIA NEAR COLUMBUS...HAMILTON...TALBOTTON AND CUSSETA IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR DAMASCUS IN EARLY COUNTY AND NEAR ALBANY IN DOUGHERTY COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS WEST AT 5 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rhea | 30 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.