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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 18, 1995Bradley County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 8:59 PM EDT for Bradley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Bradley County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 190059
SVRCHA
TNC011-190130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
859 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 LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...NORTHERN BRADLEY COUNTY
 
AT 900 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
BRADLEY COUNTY CENTERED JUST NORTH OF CLEVELAND. THIS THUNDERSTORM
IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANDCE 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, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcMinn, Meigs38 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.