Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 2:27 PM CDT for Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1994, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHA 151927 RRA SVRCHA TNC115-152030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 327 PM EDT (227 PM CDT) SUN MAY 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT (330 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...MARION COUNTY AT 325 PM EDT...225 PM CDT...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST MARION COUNTY...JUST WEST OF SOUTH PITTSBIRG. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL LIKELY HAVE STRONG WINDS...HAIL...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. 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 ROADSV 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, May 15, 1:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-151840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 205 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... DAWSON...UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...LUMPKIN...WHITE...HABERSHAM... HALL...BANKS...JACKSON...BARROW...WALTON...AND NEWTON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
Special weather statement, May 15, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-151840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 205 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... DAWSON...UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...LUMPKIN...WHITE...HABERSHAM... HALL...BANKS...JACKSON...BARROW...WALTON...AND NEWTON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 62 min |
| May 15, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 42 min |
| May 15, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.