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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Mobile, AL

July 8, 1995Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 3:49 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1995, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Conecuh County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 KMOB 082049 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC035-082145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
349 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...CONECUH COUNTY
 
AT 345 PM ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN
CONECUH COUNTY NEAR BURNT CORN. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH
AND WILL MOVE INTO EVERGREEN AND REPTON...CROSSING I-65...BEFORE
445 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 FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
 
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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 WarningMOBAutauga, Lowndes50 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, 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.