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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Mobile, AL

July 4, 1995Macon County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 7:48 PM CDT for Macon County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
42 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 00:00Z, 0.8 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2359 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 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
2359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
9.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 050050 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC087-123-050130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
748 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...MACON COUNTY...TALLAPOOSA COUNTY
 
AT 747 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MILSTEAD AND TALLASEE AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING
REELTOWN...CARRVILLE...FRANKLIN AND NOTASULGA DURING THE NEXT 30
MINUTES.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBElmore, Montgomery49 min
Jul 4, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBullock29 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.