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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Mobile, AL

July 8, 1995Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 5:41 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1995, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Stone County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 082241 RRA
SVRMOB
MSC131-082345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
541 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...STONE COUNTY
 
AT 5:39 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WAS MOVING INTO EASTERN STONE COUNTY.
THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH...WIGGINS...PERKINSTON... AND MCHENRY
BEFORE 6:45 PM THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE.
 
 
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, 1 hour 16 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, 1 hour 9 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, 5:25 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
525 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995

ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED UP TO 5415 PM...

                                         WIND DAMAGE
330 PM      WASHINGTON              AL   A FEW TREES DOWN IN CAMDEN.

414 PM      MOBILE                  AL    WIND DAMAGE
                                          CITRONELLE PD REPORTED TREES
                                          AND POWER LINES DOWN IN
                                          CITRONELLE.

                                          WIND DAMAGE
415 PM      CONECUH                 AL    THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          BETWEEN BURNT CORN AND
                                          EVERGREEN.
Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:26 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
525 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995

ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED UP TO 515 PM...

                                         WIND DAMAGE
330 PM      WASHINGTON              AL   A FEW TREES DOWN IN CAMDEN.

414 PM      MOBILE                  AL    WIND DAMAGE
                                          CITRONELLE PD REPORTED TREES
                                          AND POWER LINES DOWN IN
                                          CITRONELLE.

                                          WIND DAMAGE
415 PM      CONECUH                 AL    THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          BETWEEN BURNT CORN AND
                                          EVERGREEN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene69 min

Nearby

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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.