Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 1995, 7:15 PM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 1995, 7:15 PM CST (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 1995, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1338 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 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 040117 RRA SVRMOB ALC003-040200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 715 PM CST FRI FEB 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...BALDWIN COUNTY AT 718 PM CST...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA...FROM ROBERTSDALE TO BON SECOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
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, Feb 3, 5:54 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-040100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 600 PM CST FRI FEB 03 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST FLORIDA... STRONG THUNDERSTOMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SANAT ROSA COUNTY ONCE THEY PASS THROUGH ESCAMBIA COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 6:00 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-040100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 600 PM CST FRI FEB 03 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST FLORIDA... STRONG THUNDERSTOMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SANAT ROSA COUNTY ONCE THEY PASS THROUGH ESCAMBIA COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 6:29 PM CST, 46 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-040130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 630 PM CST FRI FEB 03 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... AT 630 PM CST... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTOMS WAS MOVING INTO ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS. IF A STORNG THUNDERSTORM THREATENS TAKE THE NECES2SARY ACTION IMMEDIATELY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 6:30 PM CST, 45 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-040130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 630 PM CST FRI FEB 03 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... AT 630 PM CST... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTOMS WAS MOVING INTO ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS. IF A STORNG THUNDERSTORM THREATENS TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTION IMMEDIATELY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 7:12 PM CST, 3 minutes before
FLZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-040215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 713 PM CST FRI FEB 3 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... AT 700 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES FLORIDA. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS ...VERY GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PANHANDLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 7:13 PM CST, 2 minutes before
FLZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-040215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 713 PM CST FRI FEB 3 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... AT 700 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES FLORIDA. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS ...VERY GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PANHANDLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 27 min |
| Feb 3, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 48 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.