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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 19, 1994Catoosa County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1994, 5:45 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1994, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1994, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Catoosa County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1994-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1231 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1994-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KCHA 192146 RRA
SVRCHA
GAC047-192230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
545 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...CATOOSA COUNTY
 
AT 542 PM EDT...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST CATOOSA COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF
RINGGOLD.
 
THIS STORM IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WILL MOVE
INTO RINGGOLD IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
 
THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
 
SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR NEAR THIS THUNDERSTORM DUE TO
THE SLOW MOVEMENT.
 
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln, Wilkes54 min
Jul 19, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette53 min
Jul 19, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson50 min
Jul 19, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Upson40 min
Jul 19, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard35 min
Jul 19, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp62 min
Jul 19, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup54 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.