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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Mobile, AL

July 27, 1995Lee County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 2:51 PM CDT for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 3:25 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 1995-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 559 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 1995-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 271954 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC081-272045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
251 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...LEE COUNTY
 
AT 251 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST TO THE
WEST OF AUBURN. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFTING SLOWLY TO
THE NORTHWEST.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw58 min
Jul 27, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe57 min
Jul 27, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox50 min

Nearby

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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.