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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Mobile, AL

July 8, 1995Autauga County, Lowndes County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 2:55 PM CDT for Autauga County, Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1995, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Autauga County, AL, Lowndes County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1995-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 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 1995-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 081955 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC001-085-082045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
255 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...WESTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY...LOWNDES COUNTY
 
AT 252 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A SHORT LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY....EXTENDING FROM NEAR TYLER
SOUTHWEST TO THE DANNELLY RESERVOIR. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LOWNDES AND WESTERN AUTAUGA COUNTIES
DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. THIS STORM PRODUCED TREE DAMAGE IN THE
SELMA AREA AROUND 230 PM.
 
 
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 4UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw28 min
Jul 8, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDallas29 min
Jul 8, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox35 min
Jul 8, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe67 min
Jul 8, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington41 min
Jul 8, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh56 min
Jul 8, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile69 min
Jul 8, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia60 min
Jul 8, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington42 min
Jul 8, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile116 min
Jul 8, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile53 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.