Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 4:06 AM CST for Lowndes County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 281008 RRA SVRMGM ALC085-101-281115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 406 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...LOWNDES COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY ...AT 405 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN EAST LOWNDES COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR INTO MONTGOMERY 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. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FORZ 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.
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 27, 10:18 PM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080-081-082-ALZ501-LAZ501-280600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1018 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST... AT 1015 PM THIS EVENING...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 KNOTS. ALTHOUGH NO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING AT THE MOMENT, CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:19 PM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080-081-082-ALZ501-LAZ501-280600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1018 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST... AT 1015 PM THIS EVENING...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 KNOTS. ALTHOUGH NO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING AT THE MOMENT, CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 11:50 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-280655- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1150 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING... AT 1145 PM...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A NEW TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PEARL RIVER... AND PERRY. MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WHICH WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING AT THE MOMENT...CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. m8$H&H&6P WUUSd 0?8 WUUS WWUS: .66WWUS4 6WWUSt h%66WWUS d$WWUS 7q4WSUS N 0XWSUSlJ v WUUS %6WWUS* ZWWUS2" FQUS xFWUS \ 6WWUS& f6WWUS. &WWUS8 qWWUS< |0S WWUSZ *6WWUS 6WWUS` 03U^WSUS H/-15/330 YDQ SA 0 FPUSZd3##FXUSiX WUUS Dp9`WWUSD q6WWUSn d<WWCN 0[I6WWUS P6WWUS" _ WWUSJ H0jQh=FQUS`56 160 2Z' FQUSTFQUSVp_j#FPCN 2\;:=-m6WWUSz 4008007 33 // 5FTXW
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 11:53 PM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-280655- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1150 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING... AT 1145 PM...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A NEW TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PEARL RIVER... AND PERRY. MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WHICH WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING AT THE MOMENT...CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE ZHAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 2:00 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-280930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 200 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 7 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING... AT 155 AM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STONG THUNDERSTORMS RANGING FROM PICAYUNE MISSISSIPPI NORTHEST TO BIRMINHAM ALABAMA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING AT 50 MILES PER HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 29 min |
| Jan 28, 4:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 54 min |
| Jan 28, 7:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coffee, Dale | 38 min |
| Jan 28, 8:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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.