Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 7:22 PM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 7:22 PM CST (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 8:17 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 080123 RRA SVRMOB ALC003-080230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 722 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY AT 719 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ALONG THE BALDWIN COUNTY COASTAL REGION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE TOWNS OF GULF SHORES...ORANGE BEACH AND PERDIDO BEACH ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 5:52 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
FLZ001-001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 545 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 1000 PM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 530 PM CST...A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF MONTGOMERY TO 30 MILES WEST OF PENSACOLA AND CONTINUED SOUTHWEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS 10 MILES EAST OF MOBILE. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:45 PM CST, 37 minutes before
FLZ001-001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 645 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 1000 PM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 630 PM CST...A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY TO 20 MILES WEST OF PENSACOLA AND CONTINUED SOUTHWEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER NORTHCENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:46 PM CST, 36 minutes before
FLZ001-001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 645 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 1000 PM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 630 PM CST...A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEA<VY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY TO 20 MILES WEST OF PENSACOLA AND CONTINUED SOUTHWEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER NORTHCENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:52 PM CST, 30 minutes before
ALZ055-056-059-061>064-080255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 653 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR BALDWIN ...ESCAMBIA AND CONECUH COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOBILE COUNTY... AT 650 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM GREENVILLE ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO CENTURY FLORIDA...AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TO GULF SHORES. OTHER STRONGER STORMS WERE SCATTERED AHEAD OF THE LINE ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND OUT OVER THE GULF WATERS ...SOUTH OF BALDWIN COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BY 8 PM ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS SOUTH BALDWIN COUNTY. THE CURRENT STRONG LINE OF STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS BALDWIN ...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES FROM WEST TO EAST. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND EXCESSIVE RAIN OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ALSO CONTINUES TO ESTIMATE RAINFALL RATdES OF ABOUT TWO INCHES PER HOUR LOCALLY. TORNADOES IN THE SOUTH ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN, HAZE, LOW CLOUDS AND TREES. OFTEN YOUR ONLY WARNING MAY BE A LOUD ROARING SOUND AND FLYING DEBRIS. BUT THAT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:53 PM CST, 29 minutes before
ALZ055-056-059-061>064-080255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR WORDING IN CALL TO ACTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 653 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR BALDWIN ...ESCAMBIA AND CONECUH COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOBILE COUNTY... AT 650 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM GREENVILLE ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO CENTURY FLORIDA...AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TO GULF SHORES. OTHER STRONGER STORMS WERE SCATTERED AHEAD OF THE LINE ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND OUT OVER THE GULF WATERS ...SOUTH OF BALDWIN COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BY 8 PM ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS SOUTH BALDWIN COUNTY. THE CURRENT STRONG LINE OF STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS BALDWIN ...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES FROM WEST TO EAST. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND EXCESSIVE RAIN OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ALSO CONTINUES TO ESTIMATE RAINFALL RATES OF ABOUT TWO INCHES PER HOUR LOCALLY. TORNADOES IN THE SOUTH ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN, HAZE, LOW CLOUDS AND TREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:21 PM CST, 1 minute before
ALZ055-056-059-061>064-080255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR WORDING IN CALL TO ACTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 653 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR BALDWIN ...ESCAMBIA AND CONECUH COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOBILE COUNTY... AT 650 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM GREENVILLE ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO CENTURY FLORIDA...AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TO GULF SHORES. OTHER STRONGER STORMS WERE SCATTERED AHEAD OF THE LINE ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND OUT OVER THE GULF WATERS ...SOUTH OF BALDWIN COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BY 8 PM ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS SOUTH BALDWIN COUNTY. THE CURRENT STRONG LINE OF STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS BALDWIN ...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES FROM WEST TO EAST. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND EXCESSIVE RAIN OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ALSO CONTINUES TO ESTIMATE RAINFALL RATES OF ABOUT TWO INCHES PER HOUR LOCALLY. TORNADOES IN THE SOUTH ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN, HAZE, LOW CLOUDS AND TREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dale, Geneva | 61 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.