Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 10:42 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1995, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stone County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 3211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 100343 RRA SVRMOB MSC131-100430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1042 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...STONE COUNTY AT 1040 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF STONE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF WIGGINS 1115 PM. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS ARE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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 CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, 5:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 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, 5 hours 35 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, 5 hours 15 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, 4 hours 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, 3 hours 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 9, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 59 min |
| May 9, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 62 min |
| May 9, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.