Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1994, 3:43 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1994, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1994, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bledsoe County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 192038 RRA SVRCHA TNC007-192130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 443 PM EDT (343 PM CDT) TUE JUL 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT (430 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...WESTERN BLEDSOE COUNTY AT 435 PM EDT...335 PM CDT...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN BLEDSOE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS STORM IS SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT...THUS LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR. 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, Jul 19, 2:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
GAZ080-093-104-125-126-142-192010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 305 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR REYNOLDS TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMERICUS ALONG THE SUMTER-LEE COUNTY LINE...15 MILES WEST OF ALBANY AND 10 MILES NORTH OF BLAKELY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-202130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 340 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... AT 330 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS MAINLY OVER UNION...TOWNS...AND RABUN COUNTIES. DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN THE SAME AREAS. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTH AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME RUN-OFF OF WATER ON ROADWAYS ARE POSSIBLE. ALSO THESE THUNSERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. KEEP ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED ACROSS NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF ELLIJAY ...JUST EAST OF COVINGTON...JUST EAST OF MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:57 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>127-129-142>147-ALZ048-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 357 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 AT 355 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE NEAR AUBURN AND TUSKEGEE IN EAST ALABAMA..NEAR THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY AND BETWEEN AMERICUS AND MACON IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA..AND BETWEEN ARLINGTON OF EARLY COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL AS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD MAINTAIN ATTENTION ON THE WEATHER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:58 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>127-129-142>147-ALZ048-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 357 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 AT 355 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE NEAR AUBURN AND TUSKEGEE IN EAST ALABAMA..NEAR THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY AND BETWEEN AMERICUS AND MACON IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA..AND BETWEEN ARLINGTON OF EARLY COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL AS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD MAINTAIN ATTENTION ON THE WEATHER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Jul 19, 3:18 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 418 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 COUNTY...... PIKE SOURCE...... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TIME........ 405 PM EDT LOCATION.... MEANSVILLE TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEATHER..... WIND DAMAGE DAMAGE...... SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ZALESKI
Local storm report, Jul 19, 3:20 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 418 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 COUNTY...... PIKE SOURCE...... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TIME........ 405 PM EDT LOCATION.... MEANSVILLE TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEATHER..... WIND DAMAGE DAMAGE...... SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ZALESKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 42 min |
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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.