Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 11:54 AM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 11:54 AM CDT (16:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMGM 091701 RRA SVRMGM ALC131-091745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL ISSUED BY MOBILE AL 1154 AM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION ... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...WILCOX COUNTY AT 1153 CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CATHERINE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. 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
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
ALZ061-063-062-064-051-052-053-055-056-059-MSZ075-076-078-079-067- FLZ001-002-005-006-003-004-091515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 920 AM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF REGION IS VERY UNSTABLE THIS MORNING AND WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH CHOCTAW...CLARKE AND WILCOX COUNTIES OF ALABAMA BY NOON AND MOVE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH TOWARD THE COAST. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE MOBILE AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM. VERY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS TODAY IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE APPROACHING STORMS AND PLAN TO BE INDOORS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
ALZ061-063-062-064-051-052-053-055-056-059-MSZ075-076-078-079-067- FLZ001-002-005-006-003-004-091515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 920 AM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF REGION IS VERY UNSTABLE THIS MORNING AND WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH CHOCTAW...CLARKE AND WILCOX COUNTIES OF ALABAMA BY NOON AND MOVE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH TOWARD THE COAST. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE MOBILE AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM. VERY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS TODAY IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE APPROACHING STORMS ANtD PLAN TO BE INDOORS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 69 min |
| Jul 9, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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.