Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1994, 7:12 PM CDT for Grundy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 26, 1994, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grundy County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Altamont To, TN | A tornado touched down several just west of Altamont. One house and several mobile homes were destroyed. Numerous trees were uprooted. |
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
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 1328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHA 270015 RRA SVRCHA TNC061-270045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 812 PM EDT (712 PM CDT) SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT (745 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...GRUNDY COUNTY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER GRUNDY COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN EASTERN COFFEE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OIR 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
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:28 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-ALZ048-270030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 728 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR TAYLOR...MACON...CHATTAHOOCHEE...MARION AND SCHLEY COUNTIES... AT 724 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 25 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS AND AN ISOLATED STORM WAS 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEALE ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATH*ER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:04 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>098-105-107-109-111-112-270105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 804 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 479 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 800 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED AREAS OF THUNDERSHOWERS AND RAIN MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WHILE THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS DIMINISHED DURING THE PAST HOUR...KEEP IN MIND THE WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR COLUMBUS...ALONG THE GEORGIA ALABAMA BORDER AND THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER WILL MOVE INTO MIDDLE GEORGIA LATER THIS EVENING AND DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:05 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-270115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 805 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ELBERT...MORGAN... OGLETHORPE...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 8 PM NO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST TENNESSEE AND EASTCENTRAL ALABAMA MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THEREFORE THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAINS OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LASTEST WEATHER INFORMATION. :
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:10 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>098-105-107-109-111-112-270105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 804 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 479 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 800 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED AREAS OF THUNDERSHOWERS AND RAIN MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WHILE THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS DIMINISHED DURING THE PAST HOUR...KEEP IN MIND THE WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR COLUMBUS...ALONG THE GEORGIA ALABAMA BORDER AND THIS DEVELOPtING WEATHER WILL MOVE INTO MIDDLE GEORGIA LATER THIS EVENING AND DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.
Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:10 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 810 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 1994 COUNTY...... FULTON (NORTH) SOURCE...... ROSWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT TIME........ 7:50 PM EDT LOCATION.... ROSWELL GEORGIA TYPE STORM.. THUNDERSTORM WEATHER..... HAIL (NICKEL) DAMAGE...... NONE INJURIES.... NONE DEATHS...... NONE ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:11 PM CDT, 1 minute before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-270115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 805 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ELBERT...MORGAN... OGLETHORPE...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 8 PM NO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST TENNESSEE AND EASTCENTRAL ALABAMA MOVING EAST AT 30 vTO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THEREFORE THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAINS OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LASTEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Sequatchie | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe, Rhea | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton, Meigs | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.