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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Mobile, AL

March 15, 1995George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 1995, 5:02 PM CST for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 1995, 5:02 PM CST (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 1995, 5:30 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County George County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 152301 RRA
SVRMOB
MSC039-152330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
502 PM CST WED MAR 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...GEORGE COUNTY
 
AT 458 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF
LUCEDALE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE TO NEAR
HWY 63 AT THE COUNTY LINE BY 515 PM.
 
THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM IS LARGE HAIL.
 
 
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
Mar 14, 7:02 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBHarrison28 min
Mar 14, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBHarrison37 min
Mar 14, 8:16 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBHarrison28 min
Mar 15, 12:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPearl River, Stone65 min
Mar 15, 12:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge69 min
Mar 15, 1:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene68 min
Mar 15, 1:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry69 min
Mar 15, 3:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHarrison65 min

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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.