Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 1:36 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Conecuh County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 TTAA00 KMOB 091836 RRA SVRMOB ALC035-091945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 136 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...CONECUH COUNTY AT 135 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF REPTON MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL& POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, 4 hours 16 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, 4 hours 15 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, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 51 min |
| 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, 1:58 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.