Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1994, 5:26 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 1994, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1994, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, TN, Rhea County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1097 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHA 212125 RRA SVRCHA TNC065-143-212215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 526 PM EDT THU JUL 21 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...HAMILTON COUNTY...NORTHERN RHEA COUNTY AT 520 PM EDT...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN RHEA COUNTY JUST WEST OF SPRING CITY AND IN WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY NEAR MOWBRAY MOUNTAIN. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL CONTAIN STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YJOUR 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 21, 1:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
GAZ059-060-072-082>084-095-107-108-130-131-211945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 143 PM EDT THU JUL 21 1994 AT 135 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM MONTICELLO IN JASPER COUNTY AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO MACON AND ON TO HAWKINSVILLE IN PULASKI COUNTY. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED FROM NEAR ABBEVILLE IN WILCOX COUNTY SOUTH TO FITZGERALD IN BEN HILL COUNTY. MOVMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOW AND DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS AND HEAVY RAINFALL SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. l IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 1:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
GAZ059-060-072-082>084-095-107-108-130-131-211945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 143 PM EDT THU JUL 21 1994 AT 135 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM MONTICELLO IN JASPER COUNTY AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO MACON AND ON TO HAWKINSVILLE IN PULASKI COUNTY. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED FROM NEAR ABBEVILLE IN WILCOX COUNTY SOUTH TO FITZGERALD IN BEN HILL COUNTY. MOVMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOW AND DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS AND HEAVY RAINFALL SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Local storm report, Jul 21, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EDT THU JUL 21 1994
...FOR STORM DAMAGE ON TUESDAY...JULY 19...1994...
COUNTY...... FAYETTE
SOURCE...... OFF-DUTY NWS METEOROLOGIST
TIME........ 2:10 PM EDT
LOCATION.... PEACHTREE CITY
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WEATHER..... WIND DAMAGE
DAMAGE...... 2 LARGE TREES (50-60 FEET) HAD CROWNS SNAPPED OFF HALF
WAY UP THE TREE.
ZALESKILocal storm report, Jul 21, 3:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EDT THU JUL 21 1994
...FOR STORM DAMAGE ON TUESDAY...JULY 19...1994...
COUNTY...... FAYETTE
SOURCE...... OFF-DUTY NWS METEOROLOGIST
TIME........ 2:10 PM EDT
LOCATION.... PEACHTREE CITY
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WEATHER..... WIND DAMAGE
DAMAGE...... 2 LARGE TREES (50-60 FEET) HAD CROWNS SNAPPED OFF HALF
WAY UP THE TREE.
ZALESKISpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 4:50 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-212150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 450 PM EDT THU JUL 21 1994 ...AN INTENSE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN WALTON AND BARROW COUNTIES... AT 445 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE BORDER OF WALTON AND BARROW COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THEY HAVE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. KEEP ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURING ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA...WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...EASTERN ALABAMA NAD EAST TENNESSEE. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SHOWERS WAS LOCATED IN HAZLEHURST. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:54 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-212150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 450 PM EDT THU JUL 21 1994 ...AN INTENSE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN WALTON AND BARROW COUNTIES... AT 445 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE BORDER OF WALTON AND BARROW COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THEY HAVE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. KEEP ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FfEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURING ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA...WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...EASTERN ALABAMA NAD EAST TENNESSEE. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SHOWERS WAS LOCATED IN HAZLEHURST. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
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.