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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Mobile, AL

April 23, 1995Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1995, 7:27 PM CDT for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 1995, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 729 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
729 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 240026
SVRMOB
ALC099-240130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
727 PM CDT SUN APR 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF
MONROEVILL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WAS APPROACHING
MONROE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH URIAH BY 745 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery53 min
Apr 23, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery62 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.