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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Mobile, AL

August 18, 1995Macon County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1995, 2:38 PM CDT for Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 1995, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Macon County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1034 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1034 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 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 181940 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC087-182015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
238 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...MACON COUNTY
 
AT 2:38 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN
MACON COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF TUSKEGEE. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT ABOUT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DAVISVILLE AMD
WARRIORSTAND AROUND 3 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour64 min
Aug 18, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock, Montgomery45 min
Aug 18, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPike59 min
Aug 18, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery53 min
Aug 18, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLowndes69 min
Aug 18, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPike52 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.