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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Mobile, AL

July 13, 1995Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 11:40 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Mobile County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3110 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
3110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 140443 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC097-140545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1140 PM CDT THU JUL 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...MOBILE COUNTY
 
AT 1138 PM MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE
NORTH PART OF MOBILE BAY. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH AND WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN AREA SHORTLY. THE STORM AND ASSOCIATED HIGH
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE DOWN AIRPORT BLVD.
 
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.
 
 
 


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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.