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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

February 17, 1995Hancock County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 1995, 5:09 AM CST for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 min.

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The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 1995, 5:09 AM CST (11:09 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 1995, 6:15 AM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 00:00Z on 1995-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1552 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMOB 171109 RRA
SVRMOB
MSC045-171215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
509 AM CST FRI FEB 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HANCOCK COUNTY
 
 
AT 509 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OCCURING OVER HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
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.