Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1994, 8:35 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Rhea County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 270135 RRA SVRCHA TNC007-143-270200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 935 PM EDT (835 PM CDT) SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT (900 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...BLEDSOE COUNTY...RHEA COUNTY RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER BLEDSOE AND NOW MOVING INTO RHEA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN SOUTH BLEDSOE COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNIUNG...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 26, 8:22 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
GAZALL 270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 920 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELED... EXCEPT FOR A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS GEORGIA EARLIER IN THE EVENING HAVE EITHER MOVED EAST OF THE STATE OR DIMINISHED. THUS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE STATE HAS ENDED FOR NOW. HOWEVER ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA IS HEADED TOWARD THE STATE AND MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR NORTH GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT. THUS RESIDENTS OF NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THIS APPROACHING WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-270145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 925 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ELBERT...MORGAN...OGLETHORPE... GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 920 PM NO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AT THIS TIME SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT IN THE FORECAST FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:26 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-270145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 925 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ELBERT...MORGAN...OGLETHORPE... GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 920 PM NO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AT THIS TIME SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT IN THE FORECAST FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:31 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-ALZ048-270235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 931 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 927 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONLY A FEW PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:31 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-ALZ048-270235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 931 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 927 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONLY A FEW PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:31 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
GAZALL 270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 920 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELED... EXCEPT FOR A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS GEORGIA EARLIER IN THE EVENING HAVE EITHER MOVED EAST OF THE STATE OR DIMINISHED. THUS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE STATE HAS ENDED FOR NOW. HOWEVER ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE IA HEADED TOWARD THE STATE AND MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR NORTH GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT. THUS RESIDENTS OF NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THIS APPROACHING WEATHER.
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, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.