Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 10, 1995McMinn County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 11:11 PM EDT for McMinn County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 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: May 10, 1995, 11:11 PM EDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 1995, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County McMinn County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 10, 11:25 PM EDT	Tornado F1	Northern Mcminn, TN	The roof to a barn was blown off. The side of a utility building was knocked down. A carport was blown down and a 28-foot motorhome was moved several feet. Several trees were twisted out of the ground.

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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 509 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHA 110312
SVRCHA
TNC107-110400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
1111 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...NORTHERN MCMINN COUNTY
 
AT 11 PM EDT/10 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR AT MORRISTOWN INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL MEIGS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TpO 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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bledsoe, Rhea	45 min
May 10, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meigs	45 min
May 10, 11:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bradley, Hamilton	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1995 Every 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.