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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Mobile, AL

July 26, 1995Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Barbour County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1193 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
1193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 KBHM 262300 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC005-262345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
600 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...BARBOUR COUNTY
 
AT 600PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN
BATESVILLE AND LUGO IN BARBOUR COUNTY. THE STORM WAS SHOWING LITTLE
MOVEMENT.
 
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, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa41 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.