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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 289, NWS Mobile, AL

August 4, 1995Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1995, 12:04 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 1995, 12:04 AM CDT (05:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 1995-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 433 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 1995-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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 040505 RRA
SVRMOB
FLC033-113-040600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1204 AM CDT FRI AUG 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY...SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
AT 1202 AM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE MOUTH OF PENSACOLA BAY MOVING NORTH AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR. THIS WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF PENSACOLA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
WIND GUSTS OF 64 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED AT THE PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR
STATION IN A WEATHER OBSERVATION.
 
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 CRdOSSINGS.
 
 
 
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.