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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Mobile, AL

May 28, 1995Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 4:23 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Crenshaw County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1053 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1053 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 282125
SVRMGM
ALC041-282230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
423 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...CRENSHAW COUNTY
 
AT 423 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER SOUTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN DOZIER. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WITH THIS SPEED THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE
TOWNS OF BRANTLEY...AND LUVERNE DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHObULD 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Lowndes61 min
May 28, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke44 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.