Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 4:46 PM EDT for Greene County, Washington County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, TN, Washington County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTRI 282051 RRA SVRTRI TNC059-179-282115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 446 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BRISTOL HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE ...EASTERN GREENE COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF JONESBORO IN EASTERN GREENE COUNTY. THE CITIES OF JONESBORO... ERWIN... UNICOI... AND JOHNSON CITY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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. &
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, Jun 28, 11:51 AM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
GAZ001-002-003-004-TNZ082-100-079-099-085-098-084-101-102-083-081- 080-281800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 1152 AM EDT (1052 AM CDT) TUE JUN 28 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY CURRENT ON THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:51 AM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
GAZ001-002-003-004-TNZ082-100-079-099-085-098-084-101-102-083-081- 080-281800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 1152 AM EDT (1052 AM CDT) TUE JUN 28 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY CURRENT ON THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
TNZ015>018-042>047-VAZ001>009-281950- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TENNESSEE 230 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING HANCOCK AND HAWKINS COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE... AT 2:26 PM RAPIDLY MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF MORRISTOWN TENNESSEE AND WERE MOVING EAST NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE WERE THE LEADING EDGE OF A VERY LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED WEST AND NORTHWEST TO NASHVILLE TENNESSEE AND BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. AT THE PRESENT MOVEMENT THESE STORMS WILL ENTER THE LOCAL TRI-CITY AREA WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
TNZ015>018-042>047-VAZ001>009-281950- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TENNESSEE 230 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING HANCOCK AND HAWKINS COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE... AT 2:26 PM RAPIDLY MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF MORRISTOWN TENNESSEE AND WERE MOVING EAST NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE WERE THEX LEADING EDGE OF A VERY LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED WEST AND NORTHWEST TO NASHVILLE TENNESSEE AND BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. AT THE PRESENT MOVEMENT THESE STORMS WILL ENTER THE LOCAL TRI-CITY AREA WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TNZ015>018-042>047-VAZ001>009-282050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TENNESSEE 330 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE TRI-CITIES... AT 3:28 PM RAPIDLY MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF THE TRI-CITY AIRPORT. THEY EXTENDED WELL WEST TO THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEE AND BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY VICINITIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
TNZ015>018-042>047-VAZ001>009-282050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TENNESSEE 330 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE TRI-CITIES... AT 3:28 PM RAPIDLY MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF THE TRI-CITY AIRPORT. THEY EXTENDED WELL WEST TO THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEE AND BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY VICINITIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi | 40 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.