Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 1995, 7:16 AM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 1995, 7:16 AM CST (13:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 1995, 7:53 AM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mobile County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 171317 RRA SVRMOB ALC003-097-171415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 716 AM CST FRI FEB 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY...NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY AT 716 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH MOBILE COUNTY JUST WEST-NORTHWEST OF PRICHARD MOVING INTO NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT* STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Feb 17, 4:24 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
MSZ077-080-171130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 424 AM CST FRI FEB 17 1995 AT 420 AM MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI FROM THE WEST. THIS STORM WILL BE PASSING OVER THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 5:15 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
MSZ080-081-082-171215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 515 AM CST FRI FEB 17 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 615 AM CST... AT 515 AM CST MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUDERSTORMS IN HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI MOVING INTO HARRISON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE CITIES OF GULFPORT AND BOLIXI DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. THESE STORMS AREA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 5:16 AM CST, 2 hours before
MSZ080-081-082-171215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 515 AM CST FRI FEB 17 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 615 AM CST... AT 515 AM CST MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUDERSTORMS IN HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI MOVING INTO HARRISON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE CITIES OF GULFPORT AND BOLIXI DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. THESE STORMS AREA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES. @
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 5:41 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
ALZ061-063-MSZ079-082-171245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 541 AM CST FRI FEB 17 1995 AT 535 AM CST MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER HARRISON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI MOVING INTO JACKSON AND GEORGE COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ALSO MOVE INTO WESTERN MOBILE COUNTY ALABAMA DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. &
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 6:37 AM CST, 39 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-171440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 637 AM CST FRI FEB 17 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND SPREADING EAST... AT 630 AM CST MOBILE RADAR SHOWED RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A STRIP FROM JUST NORTH OF MOILE REGIONAL AIRPORT WEST TO SAUCIER AND PICAYUNE MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL AFFECT SARALAND AND CHICKASAW AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF HANCOCK AND HARRISON COUNTY BEFORE 7 AM. SOME REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THESE STORMS EARLIER THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR MOST OF FRIDAY AND LOCALIZED AREAS OF STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY...PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY ON YOUR WAY TO WORK OR SCHOOL THIS MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 6:38 AM CST, 38 minutes before
FLZ-002-004-006-008-171530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...DENSE FOG ADVISORY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 640 PM CST FRI FEB 17 1995 A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COASTAL COUNTIES THIS MORNING....INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PENSACOLA... FORT WALTON...DESTIN AND PANAMA CITY. DENSE FOG WAS REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/8 MILE IN SOME AREAS AND THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LATE MORNING. IF YOU ARE DRIVING...USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION...AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Chambers | 60 min |
| Feb 17, 7:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 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.