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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Mobile, AL

July 8, 1995George County, Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 4:36 PM CDT for George County, Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1995, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1995, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1995-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 394 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 082137 RRA
SVRMOB
MSC039-041-082245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
436 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...GEORGE COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY
 
AT 4:34 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO EASTERN
GREENE AND GEORGE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE OF STORMS
WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT
LEAKESVILLE...NEELY...LUCEDALE...MERRILL AND BENNDALE BEFORE 530 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:25 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
425 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995

FOLLOWING IS SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED UP TO 415 PM...

                                         WIND DAMAGE
305 PM      WILCOX                  AL   A FEW TREES DOWN IN CAMDEN.

316 PM      CHOCTAW                 AL    WIND DAMAGE
                                          THE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
                                          REPORTED TREES DOWN ON POWER
                                          LINES IN GILBERTOWN.

                                          WIND DAMAGE
330 PM      CLARKE                  AL    THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
                                          TREES BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE
Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:32 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
425 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995

FOLLOWING IS SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED UP TO 415 PM...

                                         WIND DAMAGE
305 PM      WILCOX                  AL   A FEW TREES DOWN IN CAMDEN.

316 PM      CHOCTAW                 AL    WIND DAMAGE
                                          THE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
                                          REPORTED TREES DOWN ON POWER
                                          LINES IN GILBERTOWN.

                                          WIND DAMAGE
330 PM      CLARKE                  AL    THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
                                          TREES BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.