Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1994, 6:13 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Van Buren County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Van Buren County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 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 262315 RRA SVRCHA TNC007-175-270000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 713 PM EDT (613 PM CDT) SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT (700 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...BLEDSOE COUNTY...VAN BUREN COUNTY RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH VAN BUREN COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO BLEDSOE COUNTY SHORTLY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE OVER FALL CREEK FALLS STATE PARK. MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WIND WERE REPORTED IN SOUTH PART OF VAN BUREN COUNTY. 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. &
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 26, 5:35 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-262359- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 635 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ELBERT...MORGAN... OGLETHORPE...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 640 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR DANIELSVILLE AND NEAR HARTWELL MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FROM TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA...ACROSS GEORGIA...INTO THE CAROLINAS. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF MACON AND 15 MILES WEST OF REYNOLDS GEORGIA. IN SOUTH CAROLINA SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED NEAR ABBEVILLE...GREENWOOD...CLINTON...WHITMERE... NORTHWEST OF LAURENS AND NEAR GAFFNEY AND COWPENS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:40 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 640 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 COUNTY...... TAYLOR COUNTY SOURCE...... SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN BUTLER GEORGIA TIME........ AROUND 545 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 LOCATION.... ONE MILE NORTH OF BUTLER GEORGIA ON S/R 19 TYPE STORM.. TORNADO DAMAGE/TREES...ONE MOBILE HOME TURNED OVER AND DESTROYED INJURIES.... OCCUPANT OF MOBILE HOME TAKEN TO HOSPITAL DEATHS...... NOT AVAILABLE COSTS....... NOT AVAILABLE
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:45 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-262359- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...COR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 645 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ELBERT...MORGAN... OGLETHORPE...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 640 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR DANIELSVILLE AND NEAR HARTWELL MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FROM TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA...ACROSS GEORGIA...INTO THE CAROLINAS. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF MACON AND 15 MILES WEST OF REYNOLDS GEORGIA. IN SOUTH CAROLINA SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED NEAR ABBEVILLE...GREENWOOD...CLINTON...WHITMERE... NORTHWEST OF LAURENS AND NEAR GAFFNEY AND COWPENS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:45 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-262359- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...COR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 645 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ELBERT...MORGAN... OGLETHORPE...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 640 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR DANIELSVILLE AND NEAR HARTWELL MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FROM TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA...ACROSS GEORGIA...INTO THE CAROLINAS. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF MACON AND 15 MILES WEST OF REYNOLDS GEORGIA. IN SOUTH CAROLINA SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED NEAR ABBEVILLE...GREENWOOD...CLINTON...WHITMERE... NORTHWEST OF LAURENS AND NEAR GAFFNEY AND COWPENS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:45 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-262359- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 635 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ELBERT...MORGAN... OGLETHORPE...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 640 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR DANIELSVILLE AND NEAR HARTWELL MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FROM TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA...ACROSS GEORGIA...INTO THE CAROLINAS. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF MACON AND 15 MILES WEST OF REYNOLDS GEORGIA. IN SOUTH CAROLINA SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED NEAR ABBEVILLE...GREENWOOD...CLINTON...WHITMERE... NORTHWEST OF LAURENS AND NEAR GAFFNEY AND COWPENS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:47 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 640 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 COUNTY...... TAYLOR COUNTY SOURCE...... SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN BUTLER GEORGIA TIME........ AROUND 545 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 LOCATION.... ONE MILE NORTH OF BUTLER GEORGIA ON S/R 19 TYPE STORM.. TORNADO DAMAGE/TREES...ONE MOBILE HOME TURNED OVER AND DESTROYED INJURIES.... OCCUPANT OF MOBILE HOME TAKEN TO HOSPITAL DEATHS...... NOT AVAILABLE COSTS....... NOT AVAILABLE
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.