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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 27, 1995Hamilton County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1995, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, TN, Marion County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 1995-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 326 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHA 271929
SVRCHA
TNC065-115-153-272015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
330 PM EDT (230 PM CDT) SAT MAY 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT (315 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...EASTERN MARION COUNTY
   ...EASTERN SEQUATCHIE COUNTY
 
AT 328PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG
THE MARION/HAMILTION COUNTY LINE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHNORTHEAST
AT AROUND 10 MPH.  THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES OR SO.
 
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 FLOOD4 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 27, 11:18 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-281000-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EDT SAT MAY 27 1995

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
CONSIDERABLE DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. SPOTTER
ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

MSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcMinn38 min
May 27, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHamilton, Marion43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.