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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

January 6, 1995Crenshaw County, Lowndes County, Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 5:39 PM CST for Crenshaw County, Lowndes County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 1995, 5:39 PM CST (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 1995, 6:30 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crenshaw County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 12:00Z on 1995-01-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-01-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 515 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
515 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
652 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 KMGM 062343 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC041-085-101-070030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
539 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...CRENSHAW COUNTY...LOWNDES COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FORT DEPOSIT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES PER HOUR.
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington42 min
Jan 6, 5:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin40 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.