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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Mobile, AL

May 15, 1995Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 8:22 PM CDT for Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 124 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-457 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 160123
SVRMOB
ALC025-099-160230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
822 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...CLARKE COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GROVE HILL AROUND 830 PM AND WILL
BEGIN TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY BY 845 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.
 
 P

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox63 min
May 15, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler60 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.