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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 21, 1995Hamilton County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 1995, 2:43 AM EDT for Hamilton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 1995, 2:43 AM EDT (06:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1995, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 210644
TORCHA
TNC065-210730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
243 AM EDT FRI APR 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY
   ...SOUTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY
 
THE HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO
IN REDBANK IN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
AT 240 AM EDT.
 
THE TORNADO IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LO,W SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 2:26 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCMarion34 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.