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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 18, 1995McMinn County, Meigs County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 8:52 PM EDT for McMinn County, Meigs County, Tennessee. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1185 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 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
1185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
460 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
17.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHA 190051
SVRCHA
TNC107-121-190130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
852 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...MCMINN COUNTY...MEIGS COUNTY
 
AT 850PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN
MEIGS AND MCMINN COUNTIES MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND
30 MPH.  THIS MOVEMENT WILL MOVE THE STORMS OVER MUCH OF THE
REMAINDER OF MEIGS AND MCMINN COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.,  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHamilton25 min
May 18, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBledsoe, Rhea49 min
May 18, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBradley31 min
May 18, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGrundy, Marion, Sequatchie26 min
May 18, 9:46 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCVan Buren29 min
May 18, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHamilton, Meigs, Rhea32 min
May 18, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBledsoe36 min
May 18, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcMinn, Meigs, Rhea50 min
May 18, 10:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMcMinn29 min
May 18, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHamilton36 min
May 18, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBradley, McMinn, Meigs32 min
May 18, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk33 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.