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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Mobile, AL

July 26, 1995George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 10:14 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County George County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 1995-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1512 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 1995-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
1512 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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 270314 RRA
SVRMOB
MSC039-270415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1014 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...GEORGE COUNTY
 
AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO GEORGE COUNTY FROM THE NORTHWEST.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWSN OF LUCEDALE...BENNDALE AND
AGRICOLA 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 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, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry58 min
Jul 26, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne60 min
Jul 26, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.