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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 2, 1994McMinn County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1994, 4:38 PM EDT for McMinn County, Tennessee. It was in force for 52 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1994, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1994, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County McMinn County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 1994-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1219 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 1994-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
1219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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 022041 RRA
SVRCHA
TNC107-022130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
438 PM EDT THU JUN 2 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MCMINN COUNTY
 
AT 435 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS TENNESSEE MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
 
THE ATHENS POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
NEAR MCMINN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL BETWEEN ETOWAH AND ENGLEWOOD
AND ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 411.  STRONG WINDS HAVE ALSO BLOWN
DOWN TREES ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 163 OR BOWATER ROAD.
 
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 ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
 
&

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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.