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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 301, NWS Mobile, AL

August 16, 1995Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1995, 9:18 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1995, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1995, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1995-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3063 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-08-17The 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
3063 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 170220 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC097-170315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
918 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...MOBILE COUNTY
 
AT 918 PM MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BROOKLEY
AIRPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY WEST. WINDS GUST IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SOME HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
 
THIS STORM WILL MOVE WEST ALONG AIRPORT BLVD.
 
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
Aug 16, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin58 min
Aug 16, 9:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin2 hr
Aug 17, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock49 min
Aug 17, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock47 min
Aug 17, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.