Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 1995, 5:45 PM CST for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 1995, 5:45 PM CST (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 1995, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMOB 032345 RRA SVRMOB ALC053-040030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 545 PM CST FRI FEB 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY AT 545 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA NEAR MCCULLOUGH. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Feb 3, 12:39 PM CST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-032040-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1239 PM CST FRI FEB 3 1995
...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...
AT 1235 PM THIS AFTERNOON...A WINTER STORM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF
DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY. A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH
THE STORM SYSTEM WAS ALIGNED ACROSS WESTERN TENNESSEE SOUTH TO WESTERN
LOUISIANA AND THEN FURTHER SOUTHWEST INTO EASTERN TEXAS. ALTHOUGH THE
GULF COASTAL REGION WILL NOT SEE ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO AROUND 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COLD FRONT AS IT ADVANCES INTO OUR
AREA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN THE GULF
COASTAL WATERS OF LOUISIANA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS THEY MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHAST MISSISSIPPI.
WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHWESTERLY IN DIRECTION THROUGH 10 PM THIS
EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING MORE WESTERLY JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS
WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL INVADE OUR REGION BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AND
CAUSE FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO BE A PROBLEM FOR TENDER VEGETATION ON
SATURDAY MORNING. IF YOU HAVE SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS...BE
ADVISED THAT TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL INTO THE MID 20S BY
SUNDAY MORNING.
MORE UP TO DATE INFORMATION WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG ...AND AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT THAT IS HEADED OUR WAY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:05 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-032310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 405 PM CST FRI FEB 3 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A 10 MILES WIDE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM THOMASVILLE ALABAMA...TO LEAKESVILLE MISSIPPI...TO POPLARVILLE IN MISSISSIPPI. IN ADDITION SEVERAL STORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. BY 5 PM ...THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM MONROEVILLE IN MONROE COUNTY...TO CITRONELLE IN MOBILE COUNTY...TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAY ST. LOUIS IN MISSISSIPPI. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORM WILL BE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTOREMS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN STONE AND GEORGE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:07 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-032310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 405 PM CST FRI FEB 3 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A 10 MILES WIDE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM THOMASVILLE ALABAMA...TO LEAKESVILLE MISSIPPI...TO POPLARVILLE IN MISSISSIPPI. IN ADDITION SEVERAL STORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. BY 5 PM ...THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM MONROEVILLE IN MONROE COUNTY...TO CITRONELLE IN MOBILE COUNTY...TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAY ST. LOUIS IN MISSISSIPPI. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORM WILL BE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTOREMS WIL0L MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN STONE AND GEORGE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:46 PM CST, 59 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-032350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 446 PM CST FRI FEB 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 445 PM THIS AFTERNOON...A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FULTON ALABAMA...TO CHATHAM ALABAMA TO PERKINSTON MISSISSIPPI. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN HARRISON ...GEORGE AND JACKSON COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. BY 545 PM...THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM MONROEVILLE ALABAMA...TO THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF MOBILE...TO PASGAGOULA MISSISSSIPPI. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORM WILL BE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND HALF-INCH DIAMTER HAIL. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN GEORGE AND SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTIES OF ALABAMA...AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY OF ALABAMA. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:48 PM CST, 57 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-032350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 446 PM CST FRI FEB 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 445 PM THIS AFTERNOON...A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FULTON ALABAMA...TO CHATHAM ALABAMA TO PERKINSTON MISSISSIPPI. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN HARRISON ...GEORGE AND JACKSON COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. BY 545 PM...THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM MONROEVILLE ALABAMA...TO THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF MOBILE...TO PASGAGOULA MISSISSSIPPI. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORM WILL BE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND HALF-INCH DIAMTER HAIL. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN GEORGE AND SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTIES OF ALABAMA...AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY OF ALABAMA. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Feb 3, 5:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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.