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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Mobile, AL

July 26, 1995Coosa County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 5:34 PM CDT for Coosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Coosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 
WUUS1 KMGM 262235 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC037-262315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
534 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...COOSA COUNTY
 
AT 534PM..WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER
NORTHERN COOSA COUNTY BETWEEN MT. OLIVE AND BLUE SPRINGS. THE STORMS
WERE DRIFTING NORTHEAST.
 
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.

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, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke63 min
Jul 26, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLee50 min
Jul 26, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Dallas46 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.