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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Mobile, AL

May 11, 1995Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 63 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 11, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1067 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 120013
SVRMOB
FLC033-120115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
712 PM CDT THU MAY 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 710 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AT BIG LAGOON WHICH WILL AFFECT SOUTHWEST PENSACOLA BY 740
PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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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.