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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 7, 1995Marion County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1995, 7:17 PM CST for Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 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, 7:17 PM CST (01:17 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 1995, 7:45 PM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Marion County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 7, 7:30 PM CST	Tornado F0	South Pittsburg, TN	A 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, 1.3 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-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: 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 
TTAA00 KCHA 080116
TORCHA
TNC115-080145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
817 PM EST (717 PM CST) TUE MAR 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EST (745 PM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 815 PM EST...715 PM EST...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN MARION COUNTY BETWEEN SOUTH PITTSBURG AND
JASPER.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND MAY AFFECT THE
AREA JUST TO THE WEST OF JASPER IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 7, 6:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Grundy	52 min
Mar 7, 7:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion	39 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.