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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Mobile, AL

May 9, 1995Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 9:51 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 1995, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Crenshaw County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 12.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 100252
SVRMGM
ALC041-100345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
951 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY
 
AT 950 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN
CRENSHAW COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF DOZIER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH AND WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE CITY OF BRANTLEY.
 
 
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, May 9, 3:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

ALZ061-063-062-064-501-092130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
450 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995

AT 450 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE
TORNADO WATCH FOR M5OBILE AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN ALABAMA.

Special weather statement, May 9, 5:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

ALZ061-063-062-064-501-100000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
450 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995

AT 450 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE
TORNADO WATCH FORu MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN ALABAMA.

Special weather statement, May 9, 5:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

ALZ061-063-062-064-501-100000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
505 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995

AT 505 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE
TORNADO WATCH FOR ESCvAMBIA COUNTY IN ALABAMA AND SANTA ROSA AND
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN FLORIDA.

Special weather statement, May 9, 5:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

FLZ007-008-009-010-012-092330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
524 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WALTON...BAY...WASHINGTON AND HOLMES
COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 7 PM CDT...

AT 530 PM CDT...PENSACOLA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY AND IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE AREAS AROUND
DE FUNIAK SPRINGE...PROSPERITY...PONCE DE LEON AND CARYVILLE WILL CONTIN
TO EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS FOR
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA MAINLY IN
OKALOOSA...WALTON...WASHINGTON AND HOLES COUNTIES.

Special weather statement, May 9, 6:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

FLZ007-008-009-010-012-100045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
642 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WALTON...BAY...WASHINGTON AND HOLMES
COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 7 PM CDT...

AT 630 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN WALTON...HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THE
AREAS AROUND BONIFAY...PONCE DE LEON AND DE FUNIAK SPRINGS WILL CONTINUE
TO EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS FOR
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES
AN HOUR.

A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDED ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHA NDLE FROM
WASHINGTON TO ESCAMBIA COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO INDICATED OVER THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND 40
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.

Special weather statement, May 9, 7:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

FLZ007-008-009-010-012-100145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
742 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HOLMES COUNTY UNTIL
815 PM CDT...

AT 725 PM CDT...THAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WALTON...SOUTHEAST HOLMES AND EAST WASHINGTON
COUNTIES.  STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS OVER THESE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 20
TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITAION EXTENDED ACROSS THE PANHANDLE FROM
WASHINGTON TO ESCAMBIA COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND 45 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	46 min
May 10, 12:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	53 min
May 10, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	31 min
May 10, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	56 min
May 10, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	55 min
May 10, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Dallas	34 min
May 10, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	30 min
May 10, 1:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	60 min
May 10, 2:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	27 min
May 10, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Geneva	39 min
May 10, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	62 min
May 10, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Barbour	44 min
May 10, 3:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	3 hr
May 10, 4:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	49 min

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.