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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Mobile, AL

May 31, 1995Autauga County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1995, 2:56 PM CDT for Autauga County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1995, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1995, 3:34 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Autauga County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 1995-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 433 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 1995-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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 KBHM 311958
SVRMGM
ALC001-312045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
256 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...AUTAUGA COUNTY
 
AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE BOOTH AREA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 25
MILES AN HOUR. WITH PRESENT SPEED AND DIRECTION THE STORM WILL AFFECT
WHITE CITY AND PINE LEVEL AREAS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND."..LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.