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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Mobile, AL

July 3, 1995Macon County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 2:36 PM CDT for Macon County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Macon County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 
TTAA00 KBHM 031937 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC087-123-032030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
236 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...NORTHERN MACON COUNTY...SOUTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY
 
AT 2:35 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN ELMORE
COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.
THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LAKE MARTIN...BOATERS
NEED TO MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
COMMUNITIES OF CARVILLE AND NOTASULGA BETWEEN 2:40 AND 2:55 PM.
 
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 FLOORp
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBElmore, Montgomery33 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.