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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Mobile, AL

July 9, 1995Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 3:29 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 1995-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2394 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 1995-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
2394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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 092029 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC003-097-092130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
329 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...BALDWIN COUNTY...MOBILE COUNTY
 
AT 330 A SEVERE THUNERSTORM LINE WAS CENTERED ACROSS MOBILE AND BALDWIN
COUNTIES MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. THE STORM IS PRODUCING HAIL AT THE
MOBILE AIRPORT AND WINDS RECENTLY GUSTED TO 51 MPH.
 
TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN GEORGE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN
MOBILE COUNTY DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox51 min
Jul 9, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery50 min
Jul 9, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke63 min
Jul 9, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox60 min
Jul 9, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw55 min
Jul 9, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe55 min
Jul 9, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh69 min
Jul 9, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe62 min
Jul 9, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia62 min
Jul 9, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin57 min
Jul 9, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile59 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.