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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 1995Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2522 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 KMOB 100646
SVRMOB
ALC053-100715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
145 AM CDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
AT 144 AM CDT...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR JAY FLORIDA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT AREAS JUST
EAST OF BREWTON BY 2 AM.
 
WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw54 min
May 10, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia46 min
May 10, 12:37 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia53 min
May 10, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox31 min
May 10, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile56 min
May 10, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin55 min
May 10, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDallas34 min
May 10, 1:45 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington60 min
May 10, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin27 min
May 10, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeneva39 min
May 10, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile62 min
May 10, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour44 min
May 10, 3:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
May 10, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin49 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.