Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 3:06 PM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 3:06 PM CST (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 534 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 062107 RRA SVRMOB MSC041-111-062200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 306 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...GREENE COUNTY...PERRY COUNTY AT 305 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PERRY COUNTY JUST WEST OF BEAUMOUNT MOVING NORTHEAST INTO GREENE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMTAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 2:30 PM CST, 36 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>64-MSZ075>082-062130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 230 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 225 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHOCTAW COUNTY IN ALABAMA TO PEARL RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI CONTINUED MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THIS LINE WERE IN GREENE COUNTY AND GEORGE COUNTY OF MISSISSIPPI AND WASHINGTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA. SMALLER STORMS CONTINUE TO DOT THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO FORREST AND PERRY COUNTIES BY 300 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE ENTERING NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BY 300 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 2:34 PM CST, 32 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-062130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 235 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...GALE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 230 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO 50 TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WALTON BEACH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED OVER SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE WATER TO PILE UP AND CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING. THE COASTAL FLOODING THREAT WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THIS EVENING UNTIL WINDS SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO MORE WESTERLY. REMEMBER, A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE SKY FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND THE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNEpD TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 2:35 PM CST, 31 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>64-MSZ075>082-062130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 230 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 225 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHOCTAW COUNTY IN ALABAMA TO PEARL RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI CONTINUED MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THIS LINE WERE IN GREENE COUNTY AND GEORGE COUNTY OF MISSISSIPPI AND WASHINGTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA. SMALLER STORMS CONTINUE TO DOT THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO FORREST AND PERRY COUNTIES BY 300 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE ENTERING NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BY 300 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 2:35 PM CST, 31 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-062130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 235 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...GALE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 230 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO 50 TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WALTON BEACH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED OVER SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE WATER TO PILE UP AND CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING. THE COASTAL FLOODING THREAT WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THIS EVENING UNTIL WINDS SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO MORE WESTERLY. REMEMBER, A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE SKY FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND THE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 3:04 PM CST, 2 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>64-MSZ075>082-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 305 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 300 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHOCTAW COUNTY IN ALABAMA TO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN IN LOUISIANA CONTINUED MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ON THE MISSISSIPPI...LOUISIANA BORDER AND WAS MOVING INTO HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM WILL TRAVEL ALONG THE BORDER OF THE TWO COUNTIES AND MOVE INTO STONE COUNTY BY 330 PM. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO PERRY COUNTY AT THIS TIME AND WILL MOVE INTO GREENE COUNTY BY 320 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THIS LINE ALSO HAS A HISTORY PRODUCING TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEA6THER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 3:05 PM CST, 1 minute before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>64-MSZ075>082-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 305 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 300 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHOCTAW COUNTY IN ALABAMA TO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN IN LOUISIANA CONTINUED MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ON THE MISSISSIPPI...LOUISIANA BORDER AND WAS MOVING INTO HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM WILL TRAVEL ALONG THE BORDER OF THE TWO COUNTIES AND MOVE INTO STONE COUNTY BY 330 PM. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO PERRY COUNTY AT THIS TIME AND WILL MOVE INTO GREENE COUNTY BY 320 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THIS LINE ALSO HAS A HISTORY PRODUCING TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.