Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 7:40 PM CDT for Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sequatchie County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Lewis Chapel, TN | A tornado touched down near Lewis Chapel. A church and a mobile home and another mobile home were destroyed. Two other homes were damaged. Several trees were blown down as well. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 1328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHA 270042 TORCHA TNC153-270115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 840 PM EDT (740 PM CDT) SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT (815 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...NORTHWESTERN SEQUATCHIE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHWEST SEQUATCHIE COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. TORNADOES WERE REPORTED IN GRUNDY COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Grundy | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe, Rhea | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton, Meigs | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.