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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 1995Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 1995, 11:50 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 11:50 PM CDT (04:50 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1995, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1786 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington68 min
May 11, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeneva55 min
May 11, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoffee69 min
May 11, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington60 min
May 11, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDale, Houston62 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.