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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 27, 1994Rhea County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 1:50 PM EDT for Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
40 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, 5.8 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 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2248 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 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
10.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHA 271748
SVRCHA
TNC143-271830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
150 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...RHEA COUNTY
 
AT 149PM EDT RADAR INDICATED THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WEST
CENTRAL RHEA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcMinn, Meigs51 min
Apr 27, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBradley, Hamilton40 min
Apr 27, 2:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMcMinn41 min
Apr 27, 2:38 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHamilton52 min
Apr 27, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion53 min

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.