Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 1995, 12:59 PM CST for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 1995, 12:59 PM CST (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 1995, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMGM 181904 SVRMGM ALC081-162000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1259 PM CST THU MAR 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST ALABAMA ...LEE COUNTY AT 1:00 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER EASTERN LEE COUNTY MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. 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 POSSIBLE 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, Mar 16, 10:48 AM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
FLZ004-006-008-161850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1047 AM CST THU MAR 16 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS AND COASTAL WATERS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 1PM CST... ...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON... AT 1030 AM CST PENSACOLA RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 20 TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE A7N EAST-NORTHEAST MOVEMENT AROUND 25 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS...
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 12:01 PM CST, 58 minutes before
FLZ004-006-008-162005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1204 PM CST THU MAR 16 1995 AT 1130 AM CST PENSACOLA RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE FORT WALTON BEACH...DESTIN FLORIDA AREA FROM THE GULF. OTHER NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING COUNTIES FROM ESCAMBIA TO WALTON. THESE TORMS WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATER SAFETY FROM BOTH GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING THUNDERSTORMS IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR, BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER, STAY BELOW, IF POSSIBLE, AND AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 12:04 PM CST, 55 minutes before
FLZ004-006-008-162005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1204 PM CST THU MAR 16 1995 AT 1130 AM CST PENSACOLA RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE FORT WALTON BEACH...DESTIN FLORIDA AREA FROM THE GULF. OTHER NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING COUNTIES FROM ESCAMBIA TO WALTON. THESE TORMS WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATER SAFETY FROM BOTH GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING THUNDERSTORMS IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR, BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER, STAY BELOW, IF POSSIBLE, AND AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 12:44 PM CST, 15 minutes before
FLZ004-006-008-162005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1244 PM CST THU MAR 16 1995 AT 1230 PM CST PENSACOLA RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES FLORIDA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND WINDS NEAR 50 MPH IN WALTON COUNTY. THEY WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATER SAFETY FROM BOTH GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING THUNDERSTORMS IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR, BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER, STAY BELOW, IF POSSIBLE, AND AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER UPDATES OR WARNINGS. LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 12:50 PM CST, 9 minutes before
FLZ004-006-008-162005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1244 PM CST THU MAR 16 1995 AT 1230 PM CST PENSACOLA RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES FLORIDA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND WINDS NEAR 50 MPH IN WALTON COUNTY. THEY WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATER SAFETY FROM BOTH GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING THUNDERSTORMS IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR, BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER, STAY BELOW, IF POSSIBLE, AND AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OgR TELEVISION FOR LATER UPDATES OR WARNINGS. LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 12:51 PM CST, 8 minutes before
FLZ004-006-008-162005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1244 PM CST THU MAR 16 1995 ...CORRECTED... AT 1230 PM CST PENSACOLA RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES FLORIDA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND WINDS NEAR 50 MPH IN WALTON COUNTY. THEY WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATER SAFETY FROM BOTH GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING THUNDERSTORMS IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR, BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER, STAY BELOW, IF POSSIBLE, AND AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER UPDATES OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 1:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Houston | 56 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.