Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1995, 1:29 AM CST for Dale County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 1995, 1:29 AM CST (07:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1995, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 897 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 080736 RRA SVRMGM ALC061-045-080830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 129 AM CST WED MAR 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ...DALE COUNTY AT 1:25 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY MOVING NE AT 30 MILES PER HOUR INTO DALE COUNTY. 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, 10:40 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
FLZ001-001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-080330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1040 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1025 PM CST...A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA SOUTH TO 150 MILES OFFSHORE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF FOR 75 MILES. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 30 MPH FROM PENSACOLA SOUTH... AND TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH NORTH OF PENSACOLA. INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 TO 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 10:43 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
FLZ001-001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-080330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1040 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1025 PM CST...A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA SOUTH TO 150 MILES OFFSHORE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF FOR 75 MILES. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 30 MPH FROM PENSACOLA SOUTH... AND TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH NORTH OF PENSACOLA. INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 TO 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 11:40 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
FLZ001-001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-080630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1140 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1125 PM CST...A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM DEFUNIAK SPRINGS TO CRESTVIEW TO A FORT WALTON BEACH LINE FLORIDA AND OUT TO SEA FOR 75 MILES. THIS LINE WAS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE RAIN AREA THAT COVERED MOST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WEST OF THE APALACHACOLA RIVER...THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF ALABAMA AND OUT TO SEA BEYOND 125 MILES. THE LINE AND RAIN AREA WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 11:43 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
FLZ001-001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-080630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1140 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1125 PM CST...A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM DEFUNIAK SPRINGS TO CRESTVIEW TO A FORT WALTON BEACH LINE FLORIDA AND OUT TO SEA FOR 75 MILES. THIS LINE WAS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE RAIN AREA THAT COVERED MOST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WEST OF THE APALACHACOLA RIVER...THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF ALABAMA AND OUT TO SEA BEYOND 125 MILES. THE LINE AND RAIN AREA WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 12:49 AM CST, 40 minutes before
FLZ001-001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-080630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1240 PM CST WED MAR 8 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1225 AM CST...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WEST OF PANAMA CITY...THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF ALABAMA AND OUT TO SEA BEYOND 125 MILES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM NEAR DEFUNIAK SPRINGS SOUTHWARD TO FREEPORT FLORIDA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THE CONTINUE EASTWARD. THE AREA WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 12:51 AM CST, 38 minutes before
FLZ001-001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-080630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1240 AM CST WED MAR 8 1995 ...CORRECTED FOR TIME... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1225 AM CST...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WEST OF PANAMA CITY...THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF ALABAMA AND OUT TO SEA BEYOND 125 MILES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM NEAR DEFUNIAK SPRINGS SOUTHWARD TO FREEPORT FLORIDA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THE CONTINUE EASTWARD. THE AREA WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 7:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.