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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

January 28, 1995Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 8:04 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 1995, 8:04 AM CST (14:04 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1995, 8:45 AM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Baldwin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 1995-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1052 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 1995-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1052 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 281409
SVRMOB
ALC003-281445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
804 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL
845 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY AND THE COASTAL WATERS EAST OF
GULFSHORES INCLUDING THE SMALL INLETS AND BAYS OF SOUTHEAST BALDWIN
COUNTY...
 
AT 805 AM CST MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
WEST SOUTH OF ORANGE BEACH ALABAMA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST
NORTHEAST.
 
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THIS STORMS WILL STAY JUST OFFSHORE AND MOVE
INLAND AROUND THE PERDIDO PASS AREA. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF
WATERSPOUTS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 2:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke29 min
Jan 28, 4:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLowndes, Montgomery69 min
Jan 28, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile54 min
Jan 28, 7:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoffee, Dale38 min

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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.