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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 323, NWS Mobile, AL

August 19, 1995Elmore County, Macon County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1995, 10:24 PM CDT for Elmore County, Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1995, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Elmore County, AL, Macon County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 200325 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC051-087-200430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
1024 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...ELMORE COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...MACON COUNTY
 
AT 1025 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST ABOUT 15
MPH INTO MACON AND ELMORE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT PRODUCED LOCAL FLOODING OF
ROADWAYS.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBTallapoosa68 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.