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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Mobile, AL

July 4, 1995Coosa County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 2:56 PM CDT for Coosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Coosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1785 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 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
1785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 041958 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC037-042045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
256 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...COOSA COUNTY
 
AT 254 PM...A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER EASTERN
CHILTON COUNTY JUST NORTHEAST OF A CLANTON TO VERBENA LINE. THIS STORM
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR INTO WESTERN COOSA COUNTY...AND
WILL AFFECT THE LAY LAKE AND MITCHELL DAM AREAS AROUND 300 PM...AS WELL
AS HILLWOOD...MARBLE VALLEY AREAS AROUND 310 PM.
 
 
 
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.

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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.