Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 3:19 PM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mobile County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 072118 RRA SVRMOB ALC097-072215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 319 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...MOBILE COUNTY AT 318 PM CST A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO MOBILE COUNTY AND MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY AS THIS THUNDERSTORM LINES MOVES THROUGH THE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 7, 12:21 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1220 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME EVENT
1218 CST TREES REPORTED DOWN ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
POPLARVILLE IN PEARL-RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
REPORT RECEIVED FROM GULFPORT MHP.Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:34 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
ALZ061-063-062-064-052-053-055-056-059-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-072030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 135 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 500 PM CST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR PERRY...HANCOCK AND STONE COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. AT 130 PM CST THE MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO JUST WEST OF GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ANBD POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:35 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
ALZ061-063-062-064-052-053-055-056-059-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-072030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 135 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 500 PM CST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR PERRY...HANCOCK AND STONE COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. AT 130 PM CST THE MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO JUST WEST OF GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 2:58 PM CST, 21 minutes before
ALZ061-063-062-064-052-053-055-056-059-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- LAZ501-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 259 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 500 PM CST AND ALL THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES EXCEPT HANCOCK AND PEARL-RIVER. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN THOSE TWO COUNTIES.... AT 253 PM THE MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WESTERN BORDER OF MONROE COUNTY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MOBILE AIRPORT THEN SOUTHWEST TO OCEAN SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. A MOTORIST ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 REPORTED A HUGE WATERSPOUT IN BACK BAY NORTH OF BILOXI AND A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR LATIMER IN JACKSON COUNTY AROUND 250 PM. PERSONS IN THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI REMAINING IN THE WATCH AND THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. &
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 2:59 PM CST, 20 minutes before
ALZ061-063-062-064-052-053-055-056-059-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- LAZ501-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 259 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 500 PM CST AND ALL THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES EXCEPT HANCOCK AND PEARL-RIVER. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN THOSE TWO COUNTIES.... AT 253 PM THE MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WESTERN BORDER OF MONROE COUNTY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MOBILE AIRPORT THEN SOUTHWEST TO OCEAN SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. A MOTORIST ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 REPORTED A HUGE WATERSPOUT IN BACK BAY NORTH OF BILOXI AND A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR LATIMER IN JACKSON COUNTY AROUND 250 PM. PERSONS IN THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI REMAINING IN THE WATCH AND THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. &
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 3:10 PM CST, 9 minutes before
FLZ001-001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-072215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 310 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST HOWEVER THE WATCH MAY BE RENEWD AT 5 PM CST TO EXPIRE AT A LATER TIME. ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR PENSACOLA BY ABOUT 5 PM CST AND PASS THROUGH PANAMA CITY BY 9 PM TO 10 PM CST. PERSONS LIVING THE THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BETWEEN THESE TWO CITIES BOTH ALONG THE COAST AND INLAND CAN EXPECT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PM CST. BE SURE TO STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER CONITIONS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 64 min |
| Mar 7, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Dallas | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coosa | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.