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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 14, 1995Marion County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 8:39 AM CDT for Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 8:39 AM CDT (13:39 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHA 141339
SVRCHA
TNC115-141430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
939 AM EDT (839 AM CDT) SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EDT (930 AM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY
 
AT 935 AM EDT/835 CDT THE WEATHER RADAR AT CHATTANOOGA INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST MARION COUNTY NEAR SOUTH PITTSBURG. T
STHUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE EAST.
 
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBledsoe59 min
May 14, 7:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBledsoe, Meigs, Rhea57 min
May 14, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHamilton, Rhea51 min
May 14, 8:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcMinn, Polk44 min
May 14, 9:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHamilton57 min
May 14, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBradley65 min

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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.