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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 7, 1995Marion County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 7:06 PM CST for Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 1995, 7:06 PM CST (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1995, 7:45 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 7, 7:30 PM CSTTornado F0South Pittsburg, TNA small tornado blew some trees into several homes.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 1995-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -247 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KCHA 080106 RRA
SVRCHA
TNC115-080145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
806 PM EST (706 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 MARION COUNTY
 
AT 803 PM EST...703 PM CST...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MARION COUNTY...JUST TO
THE WEST OF SOUTH PITTSBURG.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND PERSONS IN
THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 6:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGrundy52 min
Mar 7, 7:17 PM CSTTornado WarningFFCMarion28 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.