Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1995, 7:17 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1995, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, TN, Marion County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHA 272316 SVRCHA TNC065-115-280000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 717 PM EDT (617 PM CDT) SAT MAY 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT (700 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...EASTERN MARION COUNTY AT 715 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE MARION/HAMILTON COUNTY LINE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. 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
Local storm report, May 27, 4:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
457 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
415 PM EDT FORSYTH SVR TSTM DOWNED POWER LINES, TREES
WITH HIGH WIND AND LIGHTNING.Local storm report, May 27, 4:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
501 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
436 PM EDT MORGAN BUCKHEAD-FIRE STARTED BY LIGHTNING.
FIRE IN A FIELD.Local storm report, May 27, 5:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY 545 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 1995 COUNTY..... BANKS SOURCE..... SHERIFF TIME....... 5 45 PM LOCATION... OVER HOMER STORM TYPE. THUNDERSTORM DAJMAGE..... DOWNED TREES AND NICKLE SIZE HAIL
Local storm report, May 27, 5:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY 546 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 1995 COUNTY..... PICKENS SOURCE..... SHERIFF TIME....... 515 PM LOCATION... OVER TATE STORM TYPE. THUNDERSTORM DALMAGE..... DOWNED TREES
Special weather statement, May 27, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 545 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 1995 AT 540 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER HABERSHAM ...HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BALDWIN IN HABERSHAM COUNTY. ANY OF YOU IN THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA FROM NEAR ANDERSON TO NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 27, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 545 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 1995 AT 540 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER HABERSHAM ...HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BALDWIN IN HABERSHAM COUNTY. ANY OF YOU IN THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN AND NICHEL SIZED HAIL IN BANKS COUNTY. A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA FROM NEAR ANDERSON TO NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 45 min |
| May 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn | 38 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.