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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Mobile, AL

July 18, 1995Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1995, 9:10 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 1995, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 1995, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 1995-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2163 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 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
2163 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1215 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 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 KMOB 190210
SVRMOB
ALC003-FLC033-190315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
910 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
AT 908 PM CDT...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PENSACOLA TO PINE FOREST. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THE SEMINOLE...MYRTLE GROVE...LILLIAN...AND
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PENSACOLA METRO AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS
STORM.
 
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa56 min
Jul 18, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia74 min
Jul 18, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox69 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.