Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1994, 8:03 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bledsoe County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 253 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 270104 RRA SVRCHA TNC007-270130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 903 PM EDT (803 PM CDT) SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT (830 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...SOUTHERN BLEDSOE COUNTY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE SOUTHERN BLEDSOE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS THE SAME THUNDERSTORM CELL THAT SPAWN TORNADOES IN GRUNDY 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, 7:40 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-270145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 840 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ELBERT...MORGAN... OGLETHORPE...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 835 PM NO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST TENNESSEE AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA 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. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED NEAR NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:42 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 842 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDVELOPED OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. AT 830 PM RADAR INDICATED A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER TROUP COUNTY. THE SHOWERS HAD MOVED INTO GEORGIA FROM NEIGHBORING EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA WITHIN THE PREVIOUS HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. MEANWHILE A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAD SPREAD THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND PUSHED INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA. SEVERE WEATHER OVER SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:43 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-ALZ048-270145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 843 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 AT 838 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL OVER HARRIS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN HARRIS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS REMAIN VERY STRONG. STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:44 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 842 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDVELOPED OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. AT 830 PM RADAR INDICATED A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER TROUP COUNTY. THE SHOWERS HAD MOVED INTO GEORGIA FROM NEIGHBORING EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA WITHIN THE PREVIOUS HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. MEANWHILE A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAD SPREAD THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND PUSHED INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA. SEVERE WEATHER OVER SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURPS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-270145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 840 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ELBERT...MORGAN... OGLETHORPE...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 835 PM NO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST TENNESSEE AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA 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. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED NEAR NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-ALZ048-270145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 843 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 AT 838 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL OVER HARRIS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN HARRIS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS REMAIN VERY STRONG. STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Grundy | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Sequatchie | 35 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
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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.