Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 6:53 PM CST for Grundy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 6:53 PM CST (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grundy County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCHA 080054 RRA SVRCHA TNC061-080145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 753 PM EST (653 PM CST) TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EST (745 PM CST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...WESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY AT 750 PM EDT...650 PM CST...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST GRUNDY COUNTY NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF MONTEAGLE. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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, Mar 7, 3:40 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-072230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 435 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF GEORGIA FOR TONIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR GEORGIA TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF GEORGIA SOUTH- WEST THROUGH TOCCOA...COMMERCE...COVINGTON AND JACKSON TO BUENA VISTA GEORGIA. ELSEWHERE SHOWE@RS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS OVER THURMOND LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:40 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>091-102-120>122-126-142-143-ALZ048-080045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 540 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA...WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...UNTIL 1100 PM EST ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA. AT 535 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA ...ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:45 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>091-102-120>122-126-142-143-ALZ048-080045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 540 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA...WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...UNTIL 1100 PM EST ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA. AT 535 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA ...ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DU:RING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:30 PM CST, 23 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 730 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA FOR TONIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF GEORGIA SOUTH- WEST THROUGH TOCCOA AND COMMERCE TO COVINGTON GEORGIA. INCLUDED IN WATCH ARE THE CITIES OF CLAYTON...BLAIRSVILLE...TOCCOA...GAINSVILLE... WINDER...MONROE AND COVINGTON. ELSEWHERE...ONLY ONE SMALL SHOWER WAS NOTED IN GEORGIA. THIS SHOWER WAS NEAR DUDLEY GEORGIA. NO MOVEMENT WAS DETERMINED.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:37 PM CST, 16 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>091-102-120>122-142-143-ALZ048-080240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 737 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH #94 IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA...WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...UNTIL 1100 PM EST. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA... AND PART OF WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR TONIGHT. AT 732 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS OVER EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. FURTHER WEST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES EAST OF BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA... SOUTHWARD TO MONTGOMERY ALABAMA AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA... WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH TOWARD THE WATCH AREA. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS... MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:44 PM CST, 9 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>091-102-120>122-142-143-ALZ048-080240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 737 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH #94 IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA...WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...UNTIL 1100 PM EST. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA... AND PART OF WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR TONIGHT. AT 732 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS OVER EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. FURTHER WEST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES EAST OF BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA... SOUTHWARD TO MONTGOMERY ALABAMA AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA... WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH TOWARD THE WATCH AREA. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS... MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 39 min |
| Mar 7, 7:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 28 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.