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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Mobile, AL

July 27, 1995Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 4:29 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 262 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1730 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
1730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 KMOB 272129 RRA
SVRMOB
FLC113-272230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
429 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 428 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST SANTA ROSA COUNTY FROM BERRYDALE TO MUNSON
AND THEN SOUTH TO HAROLD. THIS STORM WAS JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AND
WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE DURING THROUGH 530 PM.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa64 min
Jul 27, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa62 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.