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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Mobile, AL

July 18, 1995Henry County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1995, 3:20 PM CDT for Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 1995, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 KTLH 182020 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC067-069-182100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY TALLAHASSEE FL
320 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...HENRY COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
AT 320 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15
MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AROUND
HEADLAND AND EASTERN PARTS OF DOTHAN.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER... L\ARGE
HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM... GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour31 min
Jul 18, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock34 min
Jul 18, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour34 min
Jul 18, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPike29 min
Jul 18, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour, Pike34 min
Jul 18, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington74 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.