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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Mobile, AL

June 1, 1995Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1995, 3:14 AM CDT for Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1995, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1995, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 1995-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2281 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 1995-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
2281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 010813 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC097-129-010915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
314 AM CDT THU JUN 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 310 AM CDT A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CITRONELLE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL PASS OVER CITRONELLE BEFORE 400 AM AFFECT THE CITIES
OF DEER PARK...TIBBIE...VINEGAR BEND AND CHATOM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 
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 WHtERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 10:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeneva38 min
Jun 1, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHouston46 min
Jun 1, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHouston20 min
Jun 1, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile45 min

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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.