Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 10:06 AM CST for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 10:06 AM CST (16:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perry County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 071605 RRA SVRMOB MSC111-071715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1006 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...PERRY COUNTY AT 1005 AM CST THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW AUGUSTA MISSISSIPPI MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE CLOSE TO NEW AUGUSTA AND RICHTON DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THEP WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:09 AM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-071410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 610 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TONIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING ADJACENT GULF WATERS UNTIL 1000 AM THIS MORNING...HANCOCK...HARRISON...PEARLE RIVER...PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES. AT 550 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TO HATIESBURG MISSISSIPPI TO BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. TO THE WEST A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM CENTRAL ARKANSAS TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS FRONT IS MOVING STEADILY TO THE EAST AND SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO PUSH WARM MOIST GULF AIR OVER MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO VERY UNSTABLE AND WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS THE FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS PUTS MUCH OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI IN A MODERATE RISK AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECT WITH THIS WEATHER TODAY CAUSING MANY RIVERS AND A SMALL STREAMS TO RISE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LLOCAL BROADCAST STRATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:10 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-071410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 610 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TONIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING ADJACENT GULF WATERS UNTIL 1000 AM THIS MORNING...HANCOCK...HARRISON...PEARLE RIVER...PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES. AT 550 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TO HATIESBURG MISSISSIPPI TO BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. TO THE WEST A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM CENTRAL ARKANSAS TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS FRONT IS MOVING STEADILY TO THE EAST AND SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO PUSH WARM MOIST GULF AIR OVER MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO VERY UNSTABLE AND WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS THE FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS PUTS MUCH OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI IN A MODERATE RISK AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECT WITH THIS WEATHER TODAY CAUSING MANY RIVERS AND A SMALL STREAMS TO RISE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LLOCAL BROADCAST STRATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:15 AM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-071410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 610 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TONIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING ADJACENT GULF WATERS UNTIL 1000 AM THIS MORNING...HANCOCK...HARRISON...PEARLE RIVER...PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES. AT 550 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TO HATIESBURG MISSISSIPPI TO BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. TO THE WEST A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM CENTRAL ARKANSAS TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS FRONT IS MOVING STEADILY TO THE EAST AND SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO PUSH WARM MOIST GULF AIR OVER MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO VERY UNSTABLE AND WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS THE FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS PUTS MUCH OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI IN A MODERATE RISK AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS WEATHER TODAY CAUSING MANY RIVERS AND A SMALL STREAMS TO RISE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST STRATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:32 AM CST, 34 minutes before
ALZ061-063-062-064-052-053-055-056-059-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-071030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 933 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PEARL-RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 AM CST... AT 930 AM CST THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS DEVELOPING ABOUT 10 MILES INLAND OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. FURTHER TO THE WEST...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS ADVANCING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE WATCH IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 AM...THERE IS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THAT ADDITIONAL WATCHES WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:33 AM CST, 33 minutes before
ALZ061-063-062-064-052-053-055-056-059-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-071030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR WATCH EXPIRATION TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 933 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PEARL-RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 200 PM CST... AT 930 AM CST THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS DEVELOPING ABOUT 10 MILES INLAND OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. FURTHER TO THE WEST...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS ADVANCING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE WATCH IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 AM...THERE IS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THAT ADDITIONAL WATCHES WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:42 AM CST, 24 minutes before
ALZ061-063-062-064-052-053-055-056-059-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-071030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR WATCH EXPIRATION TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 933 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PEARL-RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 200 PM CST... AT 930 AM CST THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS DEVELOPING ABOUT 10 MILES INLAND OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. FURTHER TO THE WEST...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS ADVANCING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE WATCH IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 AM...THERE IS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THAT ADDITIONAL WATCHES WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pearl River | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 12:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 12:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 1:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 64 min |
| Mar 7, 1:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 64 min |
| Mar 7, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.