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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 21, 1995Marion County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 1995, 1:26 AM CDT for Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 1995, 1:26 AM CDT (06:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1995, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHA 210627
TORCHA
TNC115-210700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
226 AM EDT (126 AM CDT) FRI APR 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM EDT (200 AM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY
 
THE MARION COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT
EXIT 161 ALONG INTESTATE 24 IN SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY.
SEVERAL CARS WERE OVERTURNED BY THE TORNADO.
 
CHATTANOOGA RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO IS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 30 MPH.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 1:43 AM CDTTornado WarningFFCHamilton47 min

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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.