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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Mobile, AL

June 25, 1995Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1995, 7:09 PM CDT for Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1995, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butler County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 587 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 260010 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC013-041-260115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY MOBILE AL
709 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION S...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...BUTLER COUNTY...CRENSHAW COUNTY
 
AT 706 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST PARTS OF BUTLER COUNTY
IN ALABAMA MOVING INTO WEST CRENSHAW COUNTY ALABAMA DURING THE NEXT HOUR 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPzH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh41 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.