Severe Thunderstorm Warning 379, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Dec 18, 1995, 3:04 PM CST (21:04 UTC)

Expired

Dec 18, 1995, 4:00 PM CST

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMOB 182104 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC025-129-182200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
304 PM CST MON DEC 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...CLARKE COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 302 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
THROUGH NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY AL. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NORTHEAST
OF CHATOM AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AS IT APPROACHES
JACKSON AND SALITPA IN CLARKE COUNTY AL. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS
STORM IS DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
 
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.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 18, 3:00 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
255 PM CST MON DEC 18 1995

THIS FORECAST PERIOD WILL BE MADE UP OF TYPES...ONE VERY EXITING PERIOD
AND ONE RATHER BORING ONE.  KMOB RADAR SHOWS THREE BANDS OF TRW
APPROACHING SW AL AND IR SAT IS SHOWING CLOUD TOPS TO COOL AGAIN OVER
LA WITH DRY SLOT SEEN IN WV/IR AND EVEN VISIBLE QUICKLY ENTERING WRN
LA.  WARM FRONT REMAINS ALONG THE GULF COAST FROM MSY TO DHN AND ADAP
AND MAP DATA INDICATE HIGHER THETA-E VALUES SOUTH OF THE FRONT HAVE
RESULTED IN LI`S DOWN TO -4 ALONG THE MS/AL COAST.  FFW THREAT REMAINS
FOR SOUTHEAST MS/SOUTHWEST AL WITH UPSTREAM CONVECTION CONTINUING AND
HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING.  SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED
OVER NORTHERN LA WITH DIFFLUENT PATTERN ALOFT CONTINUING OVER THE SERN
U.S. THROUGH TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT.  EXPECT
FROPA AT MOB BY 08Z AND THEN THROUGH AREA BY 12Z WITH RAPID
STABILIZATION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.  SPEED MAX ROTATES QUICKLY
AROUND BASE OF H5 LOW OVER WRN TX LEADING H5 LOW QUICKLY OFF
NORTHEAST TO NRN OHIO VALLEY BY WED.  H5 TROF PASSABE OCCURS OVER AREA
BY 00Z WED AND WILL ALLOW SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN OVER AREA DURING TUESD.
MORNING IN THE WAKE OF THE FROPA.  (1) 54/59/39/52/29 +200
(2) 57/62/39/54 9200.

DRE

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.