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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Mobile, AL

July 18, 1995Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1995, 4:29 PM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 1995, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Barbour County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2341 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
2341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 KBHM 182132 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC005-182200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
429 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...BARBOUR COUNTY
 
AT 429 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST
OF GLENVILLE NEAR COTTONTON MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL...HIGH
WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHenry, Houston40 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.