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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 10, 1995Bradley County, Hamilton County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 11:49 PM EDT for Bradley County, Hamilton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 11:49 PM EDT (03:49 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1995, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bradley County, TN, Hamilton County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 1995-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 509 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 1995-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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 110350
SVRCHA
TNC011-065-110430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
1149 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...BRADLEY COUNTY...EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY
 
AT 1145 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY MOVING INTO WESTERN BRADLEY
COUNTY AT 35 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE VTO 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBledsoe, Rhea45 min
May 10, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeigs45 min
May 10, 11:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcMinn49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.