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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 26, 1994Marion County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT for Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1328 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHA 270145
TORCHA
TNC115-270230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
945 PM EDT (845 PM CDT) SUN JUN 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT (930 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO MARION COUNTY. FUNNEL CLOUDY WERE
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST
20 MPH.
 
 
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 ROnOM
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
Jun 26, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGrundy33 min
Jun 26, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFFCSequatchie35 min
Jun 26, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBledsoe27 min
Jun 26, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBledsoe, Rhea25 min
Jun 26, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHamilton, Meigs69 min
Jun 26, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcMinn69 min
Jun 26, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHamilton62 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.