Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 6:31 AM CDT for Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 6:31 AM CDT (11:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bledsoe County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 3482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.4
- Supercell composite
- 30.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHA 141132 SVRCHA TNC007-141230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 731 AM EDT (631 AM CDT) SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM EDT (730 AM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE ...NORTH CENTRAL BLEDSOE COUNTY AT 715 AM EDT/615 CDT WEATHER RADAR AT CHATTANOOGA INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH CENTRAL BLEDSOE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. 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, May 14, 4:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-141600- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED OVER GEORGIA TODAY HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE STATE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS TENNESSEE TODAY. A LARGE PORTION OF TENNESSEE IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER STOPPING JUST SHORT OF THE GEORGIA BORDER. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FROM MID MORNING ON. ELSEWHERE...ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPEC&TED. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS OVER NORTH GEORGIA. BDL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bledsoe, Meigs, Rhea | 57 min |
| May 14, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton, Rhea | 51 min |
| May 14, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 51 min |
| May 14, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McMinn, Polk | 44 min |
| May 14, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 57 min |
| May 14, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bradley | 65 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.