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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Mobile, AL

August 19, 1995Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1995, 10:07 PM CDT for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1995, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Tallapoosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 KBHM 200309 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC123-200415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
1007 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...TALLAPOOSA COUNTY
 
AT 1006 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ALEX CITY IN
TALLAPOSSA COUNTY AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN
HOUR. REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND GUSTY WIND HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
 
 
 
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, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw61 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.