Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 7:59 PM EST for Loudon County, Monroe County, Roane County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 7:59 PM EST (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Loudon County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Roane County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTYS 290059 RRA SVRTYS TNC105-123-145-290145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN 759 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL TENNESSEE ...LOUDON COUNTY...NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY ...SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTY AT 757 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING SWEETWATER IN NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST 30 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. NNNN
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
Local storm report, Jan 28, 6:37 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
638 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995
...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
SOURCE OF REPORT...MARION COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
OCCURRENCE ...LARGE HAIL...3/4 INCH
DATE AND TIME ...1/28/95 BETWEEN 620 PM EST (520 PM CST) AND
630 PM EST (530 PM CST)
COUNTY ...SOUTHEAST MARION COUNTY AROUND HALETOWN AND JASPER.
INJURIES ...NONE KNOWN
REMARKS ...SHERIFF REPORTED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AROUND
HALETOWN AND JASTER...MADE THE ROADS ICY.Local storm report, Jan 28, 6:38 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
638 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995
...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
SOURCE OF REPORT...MARION COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
OCCURRENCE ...LARGE HAIL...3/4 INCH
DATE AND TIME ...1/28/95 BETWEEN 620 PM EST (520 PM CST) AND
630 PM EST (530 PM CST)
COUNTY ...SOUTHEAST MARION COUNTY AROUND HALETOWN AND JASPER.
INJURIES ...NONE KNOWN
REMARKS ...SHERIFF REPORTED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AROUND
HALETOWN AND JASTER...MADE THE ROADS ICY.Local storm report, Jan 28, 6:40 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 640 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE SOURCE OF REPORT...SIGNAL MOUNTAIN POLICE DEPARTMENT OCCURRENCE ...LARGE HAIL...3/4 INCH DATE AND TIME ...1/28/95 AT 633 PM EST. COUNTY ...SOUTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY. INJURIES ...NONE KNOWN REMARKS ...POLICE TERMED IT AS A ...BAD HAILSTORM... ,+=0VdPM.66WWUS, #6WWUS> 7FWWUS6 X.M~WWUS ?8 WUUS 0XWSUS 06WWUS\ \7q4WSUS<Z WWUS*. [l#FXUS 0E( WUUS ,6(_ WSPN 6 t X WUUS N 32Z 6 WUUSF 3U^WSUS Xq`WWUS p/ WUUS -b6WWUS0 t6WWUSt <`WWUS qWWUS
Local storm report, Jan 28, 6:40 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 640 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE SOURCE OF REPORT...SIGNAL MOUNTAIN POLICE DEPARTMENT OCCURRENCE ...LARGE HAIL...3/4 INCH DATE AND TIME ...1/28/95 AT 633 PM EST. COUNTY ...SOUTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY. INJURIES ...NONE KNOWN REMARKS ...POLICE TERMED IT AS A ...BAD HAILSTORM... ,+=0VdPM.66WWUS, #6WWUS> 7FWWUS6 X.M~WWUS ?8 WUUS 0XWSUS 06WWUS\ \7q4WSUS<Z WWUS*. [l#FXUS 0E( WUUS ,6(_ WSPN 6 t X WUUS N 32Z 6 WUUSF 3U^WSUS Xq`WWUS p/ WUUS -b6WWUS0 t6WWUSt <`WWUS qWWUS
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 7:49 PM EST, 10 minutes before
TNZ085-290145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 749 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 AT 750 PM EST...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST MCMINN COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATHENS. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH AND WILL LIKELY CONTAIN SOME SMALL...PEA SIZE...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 7:53 PM EST, 6 minutes before
TNZ085-290145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 749 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 AT 750 PM EST...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST MCMINN COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATHENS. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH AND WILL LIKELY CONTAIN SOME SMALL...PEA SIZE...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
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.