Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 11:10 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1995, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1995, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County George County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 100412 RRA SVRMOB MSC039-100445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1110 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN GEORGE COUNTY AT 1107 PM.. MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER JUST NORTHEAST OF LUCEDALE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING AT 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, 5:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 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 28 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, 3 hours 28 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 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, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 48 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.