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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 329, NWS Mobile, AL

September 4, 1995George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 75 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
75 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County George County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1090 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -48 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1090 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 042016 RRA
SVRMOB
MSC039-042130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
315 PM CDT MON SEP 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...GEORGE COUNTY
 
AT 314 PM CDT MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF LUCEDALE MISSISSIPPI MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF AGRICOLA BY 4 PM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVEN 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.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.