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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS Mobile, AL

August 19, 1995Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1995, 9:14 PM CDT for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1995, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Geneva County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 00:00Z on 1995-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1167 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
1167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 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 KTLH 200215 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC061-200300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY TALLAHASSEE FL
914 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...GENEVA COUNTY
 
AT 912 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO GENEVA NEAR COFFEE SPRINGS AND CHANCELLOR. THIS
STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH...WHICH COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHouston43 min
Aug 19, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPike62 min
Aug 19, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDale62 min
Aug 19, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoffee46 min
Aug 19, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers65 min
Aug 19, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLee63 min
Aug 19, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw61 min
Aug 19, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBTallapoosa68 min
Aug 19, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBElmore, Macon66 min
Aug 19, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery58 min
Aug 19, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga60 min
Aug 19, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock69 min
Aug 19, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPike63 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.