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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Mobile, AL

July 26, 1995Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 4:57 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1201 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
1201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 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 262158 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC025-262300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
457 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...CLARKE COUNTY
 
AT 456 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN COFFEEVILLE AND
CAMPBELL. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL APROACH
THOMASVILLE AND FULTON DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
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 ROlOM 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 26, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery59 min
Jul 26, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Elmore51 min
Jul 26, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDallas52 min
Jul 26, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa42 min
Jul 26, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLee50 min
Jul 26, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Dallas46 min
Jul 26, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa41 min
Jul 26, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour45 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.