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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 29, 1994Rhea County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1994, 1:30 PM EDT for Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 1994, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1994, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Rhea County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1994-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 644 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 1994-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
644 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 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 
TTAA00 KCHA 291729 RRA
SVRCHA
TNC143-291815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
130 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...RHEA COUNTY
 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN RHEA COUNTY ARE REPORTING THAT MARBLE SIZE
HAIL IS FALLING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES
NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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.