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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Mobile, AL

July 11, 1995Pike County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 1:18 PM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1995, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Pike County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1488 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1488 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 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 
WUUS1 KMGM 111818 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC109-111900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
118 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN THE TROY AREA. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHWEST AND WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE TROY AREA DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw60 min
Jul 11, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHenry42 min
Jul 11, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLowndes, Montgomery32 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.