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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Mobile, AL

July 11, 1995Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 2:15 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1995, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Crenshaw County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 111917 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC041-112015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY MOBILE AL
215 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION ...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...CRENSHAW COUNTY
 
AT 2:11 PM THIS AFTERNOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNERSTORM ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER OF CRENSHAW COUNTY. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE IN THIS
DIRECTION PASSING THROUGH LUVERNE AND PETREY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPike42 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.