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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 16, 1995Hamilton County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 4:59 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 1995, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 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, 9.0 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHA 162101
SVRCHA
TNC065-162130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
459 PM EDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY
 
AT 5PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25MPH.  THE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
...VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
 
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, May 16, 11:37 AM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before

GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-171000-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1137 AM EDT TUE MAY 16 1995

NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
TODAY BUT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE STATE WILL DRIFT NORTH TODAY. THE
AIRMASS OVER THE STATE IS MORE STABLE THAN MONDAY. HOWEVER WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
DUE TO HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD APPROACH
SEVERE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.
DH

Local storm report, May 16, 4:23 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY
425 PM EDT TUE MAY 16 1995

...PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM MAY 15 STORM...

COUNTY.....  HENRY COUNTY
SOURCE.....  911 DISPATCH
TIME.......  6 TO 7 PM ON THE 15TH
LOCATION...  HAMPTON TO BRIDGE
STORM TYPE.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE.....  SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES WERE KNOCKED DOWN BETWEEN
             HAMPTON AND BRIDGE...TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALL OVER
             THE COUNTY

COUNTY.....  CLAYTON
SOURCE.....  RIVERDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TIME.......  515 AND 555 PM ON THE 15TH
LOCATION...  RIVERDALE
STORM TYPE.  THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE.....  SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN...JUST SOUTH OF THE POST OFFICE
             OFF KING ROAD...AND VALLEY ROAD.  A CHIMNEY WAS KNOCKED OFF
             A ROOF ON TAYLOR ROAD.

COUNTY.....  SPALDING COUNTY
SOURCE.....  911 DISPATCH
TIME.......  BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM ON THE 15TH
LOCATION...  ALL OVER COUNTY
STORM TYPE.  THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE.....  SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE COUNTY.  TREES
             REPORTED DOWN ON E COLLEGE.   POWER OUTAGES ALL OVER THE
             COUNTY.

COUNTY.....  LAURENS
SOURCE.....  911 DISPATCH
TIME.......  738 PM
LOCATION...  CEDAR GROVE AND DEXTER
STORM TYPE.  TORNADO
DAMAGE.....  THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT 738 PM
             THE PUBLIC REPORTED THE TORNADO MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD WHEELER
             COUNTY A DEPUTY ALSO CONFIRMED THIS.  SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES
             WERE REPORTED DOWN AFTER 7 PM
COUNTY.....  PULASKI
SOURCE.....  CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR KENNETH OWENS
TIME.......  BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM
LOCATION...  DOOLY
STORM TYPE.  HAIL...THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE.....  DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL  AY BLACKSHEAR TRAIL NEAR HWAY 257
             TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED ON HWAY 257 AND ALSO ON LIBERTY RD.

COUNTY.....  WHEELER
SOURCE.....  SHERIFF'S OFFICE/ FORESTRY
TIME.......  BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM
LOCATION...  ENTIRE COUNTY
STORM TYPE.  THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE.....  SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
             SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL...SIZES GIVEN...IN NORTHERN PORTION
             OF THE COUNTY.

COUNTY.....  MONTGOMERY
SOURCE.....  SHERIFF'S OFFICE
TIME.......  730 PM
LOCATION...  ENTIRE COUNTY
STORM TYPE.  THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE.....  SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND WERE BLOCKING THE ROADS
             SHERIFF REPORTED THAT IT WAS "THE STRONGEST WIND HE HAD EVER
             SEEN" BUT COULD NOT GIVE AN ESTIMATE.

COUNTY.....  TELFAIR
SOURCE.....  HIGHWAY PATROL
TIME.......  ABOUT 8PM
LOCATION...  ENTIRE COUNTY
STORM TYPE.  THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE.....  NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWNED.

COUNTY.....  EMANUEL
SOURCE.....  SHERIFF'S OFFICE
TIME.......  750 PM
LOCATION...  ENTIRE COUNTY
STORM TYPE.  THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE.....  SEVERAL TREES KNOCKED DOWN...BLOCKING ROADS...HAD HIT CARS.
             DEPUTY ESTIMATES SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 MPH WITH EVEN HIGHER
             GUSTS.  SHINGLES WERE RIPPED OFF ROOFS...SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES
             BLOWN OVER.

COUNTY.....  TREUTLEN
SOURCE.....  SHERIFF'S OFFICE
TIME.......  715 PM TO 725 PM
LOCATION...  SOPERTON
STORM TYPE.  THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE.....  2 HOMES DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES...TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE
             COUNTY.

COUNTY.....  TOOMBS
SOURCE.....  CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR
TIME.......  8 PM
LOCATION...  NORMANTOWN...VIDALIA...CEDAR CROSSING
STORM TYPE.  THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE.....  REPORTS OF SEVERAL TREES IN ALL LOCATIONS BLOCKING STREETS.
             TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS ALL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.

COUNTY.....  HOUSTON
SOURCE.....  911 DISPATCH
TIME.......  720 PM TO 830 PM
LOCATION...  TREES DOWNED IN WARNER ROBBINS...CENTERVILLE...F FATALITIES
             UNDER INVESTIGATION...HOUSEFIRE MAY HAVE IGNITED AFTER LIGHTNING
             STRIKE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bradley, McMinn	44 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.