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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Mobile, AL

May 15, 1995Butler County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT for Butler County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Butler County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 KBHM 160146
SVRMGM
ALC013-160245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
845 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...BUTLER COUNTY
 
AT 840PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
WILCOX COUNTY EAST OF CAMDEN MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM
WILL ENTER WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES NEAR
MONTEREY AND BUTLER SPRINGS THEN MOVE EAST TO GREENVILLE WITHIN THE
NEXT 20 MINUTES. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS DAMAGE DURING THE
PAST 2 HOURS.
 
 
 
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.

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, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe68 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.