Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1762 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 011859 RRA SVRMOB ALC097-011945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 200 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...MOBILE COUNTY AT 200 PM MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY OF MOBILE AND APPROACH SARALAND DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 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.
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
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 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, 4 hours 48 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, 4 hours 9 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, 4 hours 6 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, 4 hours 5 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, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Houston | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Houston | 20 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.