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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Mobile, AL

November 28, 1994Dallas County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 28, 1994, 1:09 AM CST for Dallas County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 1994, 1:09 AM CST (07:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 1994, 1:45 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1994-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 313 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1994-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 280711 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC047-131-280745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
109 AM CST MON NOV 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY...NORTHERN WILCOX COUNTY
 
AT 1:05 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED A SEVE
THUNDERSTORM IN MARENGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORM WAS EXPECTED TO REACH
NORTHERN WILCOX AND CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY WITHIN 20 MINUTES.
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 1:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDallas38 min
Nov 28, 3:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBElmore43 min
Nov 28, 3:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock, Macon61 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.