Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 7:22 AM CST for Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 7:22 AM CST (13:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 502 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 553 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 281325 RRA SVRMGM ALC031-045-281400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 722 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ...EAST CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY...WEST CENTRAL DALE COUNTY AT 7:15 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY AN ALABAMA STATE TROOPER JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN OF ENTERPRISE IN EAST-CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IN WHICH MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 28, 5:44 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-281245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 544 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHICH INCLUDES ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES. THE VALID TIME OF THE WATCH IS FROM CURRENT TIME UNTIL 10 AM CST. AT 535 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM STRETCHES FROM SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THROUGH THE EXTREME NORTH PART OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STRONGEST PARTS OF THE LINE WAS APPROACHING BREWTON AND ANDALUSIA ALABAMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 5:48 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-281245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 544 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHICH INCLUDES ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES. THE VALID TIME OF THE WATCH IS FROM CURRENT TIME UNTIL 10 AM CST. AT 535 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM STRETCHES FROM SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THROUGH THE EXTREME NORTH PAXRT OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STRONGEST PARTS OF THE LINE WAS APPROACHING BREWTON AND ANDALUSIA ALABAMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 6:40 AM CST, 42 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-281400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 640 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES BALDWIN...CONECUH... MOBILE...ESCAMBIA AND MONROE OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... AT 530 AM CST...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL IN SOUTHERN MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN ALABAMA. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE LEAVING EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. NONE OF THESE STORMS WERE STRONG AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 700 AM. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTNORTHEAST AT 50 MILES PER HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 6:40 AM CST, 42 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-281345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 640 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHICH INCLUDES ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES. THE VALID TIME OF THE WATCH IS FROM CURRENT TIME UNTIL 10 AM CST. AT 635 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM STRETCHES FROM SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THROUGH THE EXTREME WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THE LINE WERE OVER CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 6:42 AM CST, 40 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-281345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 640 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHICH INCLUDES ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES. THE VALID TIME OF THE WATCH IS FROM CURRENT TIME UNTIL 10 AM CST. AT 635 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM STRETCHES FROM SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THROUGH THE EXTREME WEST PART OZF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THE LINE WERE OVER CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 6:43 AM CST, 39 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-281400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 640 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES BALDWIN...CONECUH... MOBILE...ESCAMBIA AND MONROE OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... AT 530 AM CST...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL IN SOUTHERN MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN ALABAMA. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE\ LEAVING EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. NONE OF THESE STORMS WERE STRONG AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 700 AM. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTNORTHEAST AT 50 MILES PER HOUR.
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, 4:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 54 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.