Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 1:58 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 091858 RRA SVRMOB ALC025-053-099-MSC041-092000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 158 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...CLARKE COUNTY...ESCAMBIA COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...GREENE COUNTY AT 155 PM CDT SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ANOTHER 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE. TREE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN IN MEXIA IN MONROE COUNTY A FEW MINUTES AGO. 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, 4 hours 38 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 37 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, 1:36 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, 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.