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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Mobile, AL

August 18, 1995Lowndes County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1995, 5:36 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 1995, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lowndes County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 182237 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC085-182345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
536 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...LOWNDES COUNTY
 
AT 535 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH INTO EASTERN LOWNDES
COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL BE IN THE LETOHATCHEE AREA AROUND 545 PM...
AND IN THE HAYNEVILLE AND CALHOUN AREAS BY 600 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.
 
 
 
B

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMacon37 min
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, 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.