Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
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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.
- 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
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 COUNTYWIDELocal 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 COUNTYWIDEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 64 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.