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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Mobile, AL

May 4, 1995Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1995, 6:33 PM CDT for Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 4, 1995, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Greene County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 1995-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 814 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 1995-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
814 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 042336
SVRMOB
MSC041-050000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
633 PM CDT THU MAY 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...GREENE COUNTY
 
AT 632 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF
LEAKESVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 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 CHADNGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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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.