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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Mobile, AL

July 23, 1995Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1995, 3:38 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1995, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 262 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2797 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
2797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 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 232038 RRA
SVRMOB
FLC113-232115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
338 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
AT 335 PM MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED TWO POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY. ONE WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF HOLLEY AND THE OTHER WAS
JUST EAST OF ALLENTOWN. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING WEST AND WILL IMPACT
THE TOWNS OF HOLLEY AND ALLENTOWN BEFORE 4 PM. STRONG GUSTY...POSSIBLY
DAMAGING WINDS...BLINDING RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE
EXPECTED.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL> THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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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.