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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Mobile, AL

March 15, 1995Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 1995, 12:59 PM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 1995, 12:59 PM CST (18:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 1995, 2:00 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Mobile County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1995-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 802 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 1995-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 151858
SVRMOB
ALC097-152000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1259 PM CST WED MAR 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...MOBILE COUNTY
 
 
MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF
SARALAND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS I65
BY 115 PM.
 
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WAS FROM LARGE HAIL.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 10:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile47 min
Mar 15, 12:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin55 min
Mar 15, 1:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin60 min
Mar 15, 2:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin58 min
Mar 15, 4:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe63 min
Mar 15, 4:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin42 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.