Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 6:30 PM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 070032 RRA SVRMOB ALC003-070100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...BALDWIN COUNTY AT 625 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAIRHOPE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO ROBERTSDALE AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBfLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Jan 6, 4:55 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
455 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700PM CST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
AT 445 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF CINTRONELLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM IS MOVING INTO
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND CLARKE COUNTIES AND WILL BE IN NORTHERN BALDWIN
COUNTY BY 515 PM.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. TORNADOES ARE ALSO A
POSSIBILITY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
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FLZ001>010-012-062330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM AND UNTIL 10 PM FOR OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY...WASHINGTON.. AND HOLMES COUNTIES... ...GALE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 430 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA ...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. STRONGEST STORMS OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA WERE OVER NORTHWEST OKALOOSA COUNTY...BUT THE STRONGEST STROMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. IN ADDITION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS CONTINUE ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTAL AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:33 PM CST, 57 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-070030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 535 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM AND UNTIL 10 PM FOR OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY...WASHINGTON.. AND HOLMES COUNTIES... ...GALE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 530 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA ...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. STRONGEST STORMS OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA WERE OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY...BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH ALABAMA. STORMS WERE MOVINGR TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST IN EXCESS OF 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:35 PM CST, 55 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-070030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 535 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM AND UNTIL 10 PM FOR OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY...WASHINGTON.. AND HOLMES COUNTIES... ...GALE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 530 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA ...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. STRONGEST STORMS OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA WERE OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY...BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH ALABAMA. STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST IN EXCESS OF 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 6:13 PM CST, 17 minutes before
ALZ056-059-061>064-070110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 615 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR MOBILE...BALDWIN...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN ALABAMA... ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA TO ORANGE BEACH INCLUDING MOBILE BAY.... AT 600 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RANGING FROM CONECUH COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOBILE BAY AND WELL INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CURRENTLY FORMING OVER THE BEACHES IN BALDWIN COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO MOBILE BAY AND SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY AND WILL MOVING INTO BALDWIN COUNTY BY 630 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADL&Y LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 6:15 PM CST, 15 minutes before
ALZ056-059-061>064-070110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 615 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR MOBILE...BALDWIN...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN ALABAMA... ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA TO ORANGE BEACH INCLUDING MOBILE BAY.... AT 600 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RANGING FROM CONECUH COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOBILE BAY AND WELL INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CURRENTLY FORMING OVER THE BEACHES IN BALDWIN COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO MOBILE BAY AND SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY AND WILL MOVING INTO BALDWIN COUNTY BY 630 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 6:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Barbour | 27 min |
| Jan 7, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Lowndes, Montgomery | 45 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.