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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Mobile, AL

April 24, 1995Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1995, 3:44 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 1995, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 1995, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 240843
SVRMOB
FLC033-240930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
344 AM CDT MON APR 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 340 AM...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA WHICH WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST
AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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 POSS>IBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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, 9:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
ALZ056-059-240405-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1000 PM CDT SUN APR 23 1995

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 261 ISSUED EARLIER FOR ESCAMBIA AND CONECUH
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 10:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-240445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1046 PM CDT SUN APR 23 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL

Nearby

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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.