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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Mobile, AL

August 19, 1995Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1995, 9:44 PM CDT for Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1995, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 KMOB 200244 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC039-041-200345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY MOBILE AL
944 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION S...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY
 
AT 945 PM CDT MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
NORTH OF DOZIER. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THIS
STORM SHOULD AFFECT DOZIER BEFORE 10 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 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, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeneva46 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

Nearby

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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.