Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1995, 11:59 AM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1995, 11:59 AM CDT (16:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1995, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Houston County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTLH 011700 SVRMGM ALC069-011745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL ISSUED BY TALLAHASSEE FL 1159 AM CDT THU JUN 1 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ...HOUSTON COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST HOUSTON COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF MADRID AND HODGESVILLE. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A SAFE REFUGE FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. f
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
712 AM CDT JUN 01 1995
330 AM MOBILE COUNTY AL CITRONELLE PD REPORTED LARGE
TREE LIMBS DOWN TAKING POWER
LINES DOWN ON HESTER AVENUE.Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
FLZ007-011515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 912 AM CDT THU JUN 1 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY... AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY NEAR MOSSY HEAD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWRDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND L|IGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
FLZ007-011515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 912 AM CDT THU JUN 1 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY... AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY NEAR MOSSY HEAD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWRDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-506-011600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 954 AM CDT THU JUN 1 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 935 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS OVER SOUTHERN ALABAM...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND GULF WATERS. THE ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY TO FORT WALTON BEACH AND PENSACOLA AND CONTINUED INTO THE GULF FOR OVER 100 MILES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY BETWEEN MOSSY HEAD AND FLORALA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POS4SIBLY SOME HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-506-011600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 954 AM CDT THU JUN 1 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 935 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS OVER SOUTHERN ALABAM...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND GULF WATERS. THE ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY TO FORT WALTON BEACH AND PENSACOLA AND CONTINUED INTO THE GULF FOR OVER 100 MILES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY BETWEEN MOSSY HEAD AND FLORALA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-506-011600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 954 AM CDT THU JUN 1 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 935 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS OVER SOUTHERN ALABAM...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND GULF WATERS. THE ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY TO FORT WALTON BEACH AND PENSACOLA AND CONTINUED INTO THE GULF FOR OVER 100 MILES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY BETWEEN MOSSY HEAD AND FLORALA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNINGF...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Geneva | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Houston | 20 min |
| Jun 1, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 45 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.