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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 27, 1994Hamilton County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1994, 2:38 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 271835
TORCHA
TNC065-271930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
238 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY
 
THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS JUST NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF
CHATANOOGA. RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MILES AS HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID 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, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRhea40 min
Apr 27, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBradley, Hamilton40 min
Apr 27, 2:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMcMinn41 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.