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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Mobile, AL

June 29, 1994Chambers County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 12:46 PM CDT for Chambers County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1994, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1994, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chambers County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2693 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
2693 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.6

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The text

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

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ALC123-017-291845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1246 PM CDT WED JUN 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...TALLAPOOSA COUNTY
 
IN EAST ALABAMA
 
   ...CHAMBERS COUNTY
 
AT 1245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE MARTIN MOVING EAST 25 MPH. THE STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR JACKSON'S GAP IN CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTY.
 
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.
 
 
 


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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.