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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 6, 1995Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 3:18 PM CST for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 1995, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 1995, 4:00 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-01-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-01-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 375 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
534 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 062119 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC129-062200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
318 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 315 PM... MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE A STRONG LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE IN THE TOWN OF FRUITDALE BY 330 PM AND WILL BE IN
THE TOWN OF CHATOM BY 345 PM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
A~ND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 5:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin40 min
Jan 6, 5:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw, Lowndes, Montgomery51 min

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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.