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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 9, 1995Meigs County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 5:56 PM EDT for Meigs County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Meigs County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 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 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 292 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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHA 092152
SVRCHA
TNC121-092230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
556 PM EDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...MEIGS COUNTY
 
AT 548 PM EDT THE WEATHER RADAR AT MORRISTOWN AND CHATTANOOGA INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
TENNESSEE.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT
AROUND 35 MPH.  THIS MOVEMENT WILL PUT THE THUNDERSTORM OVER DECATUR
SHORTLY.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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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.