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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Mobile, AL

July 3, 1995Elmore County, Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 2:12 PM CDT for Elmore County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Elmore County, AL, Montgomery County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 780 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMGM 031913 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC051-101-031945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
212 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...ELMORE COUNTY...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 2:10 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEAR MADISON PARK. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WINDS OVER
90 MPH AT MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO ELMORE COUNTY BY 2:20...BETWEEN THE CITIES
OF WETUMPKA AND TALLASSEE.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMacon, Tallapoosa54 min
Jul 3, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour49 min
Jul 3, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour17 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.