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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Mobile, AL

April 23, 1995Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1995, 9:30 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 1995, 9:30 AM CDT (14:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1995, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 294 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 231430
SVRMOB
FLC033-231530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
930 AM CDT SUN APR 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
AT 927 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
THE STORM WILL MOVE EAST AT 40 MPH AND REMAIN NORTH OF I-10 BETWEEN
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORVNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN 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, Apr 23, 7:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-231345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
741 AM CDT SUN APR 23 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 725 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
FROM 10 MILES NORTH WEST OF BEATRICE TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBILE.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TO THE
COAST.

MODERATE RAIN COVERED SOUTHERN ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE
WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHT0NING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 8:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-231430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
830 AM CDT SUN APR 23 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 825 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA
INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT BEGAN NEAR MONTGOMERY
ALABAMA AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOBILE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
DELTA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE.

MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO ESCAMBIA AND SANTA
ROSA COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE
WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa55 min
Apr 23, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa60 min
Apr 23, 12:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 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.