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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 299, NWS Mobile, AL

August 16, 1995Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1995, 6:06 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1995, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Coffee County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1536 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
1536 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 162306 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC031-170015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY TALLAHASSEE FL
606 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...COFFEE COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE STORM OVER NORTHEAST COFFEE
COUNTY...AROUND 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBA. THE STORM WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL AS IT
MOVES SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
 
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN A< SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A SAFE REFUGE FROM A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLowndes52 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.