Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 4:21 AM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 4:21 AM CST (10:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- 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, 10.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 281029 COR SVRMOB ALC003-097-281115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 421 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY...MOBILE COUNTY AT 420 AM...MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST MOBILE COUNTY AND WILL BE IN NORTHWEST BALDWIN COUNTY BY 430 AM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EASTNORTHEAST AT 50 MILES PER HOUR. 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. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 11:50 PM CST, 4 hours 31 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 28 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 21 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.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 4:10 AM CST, 11 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-281130- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 410 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 7 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING... AT 400 AM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RANGING FROM GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI NORTHEAST TO NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN ALABAMA. THE LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. INDIVIDUAL STORM WERE MOVING AT 50 MILES PER HOUR TO THE NORTHEAST. STRONGEST STORMS WERE ALONG THE COAST OF MISSISSIPPI AND IN NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN ALABAMA. 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.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 4:13 AM CST, 8 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-281130- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 410 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 7 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING... AT 400 AM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RANGING FROM GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI NORTHEAST TO NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN ALABAMA. THE LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. INDIVIDUAL STORM WERE MOVING AT 50 MILES PER HOUR TO THE NORTHEAST. STRONGEST STORMS WERE ALONG THE COAST OF MISSISSIPPI AND IN NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN ALABAMA. 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 STATErMENTS 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, 4:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lowndes, Montgomery | 69 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.