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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Mobile, AL

March 28, 1995George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1995, 4:39 AM CST for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 1995, 4:39 AM CST (10:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1995, 5:45 AM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County George County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 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 00:00Z on 1995-03-28Temperature 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 281037 RRA
SVRMOB
MSC039-281145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
439 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...GEORGE COUNTY
 
AT 439 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER GEORGE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI JUST SOUTH OF BENNDALE
AND STATE ROAD 26. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
THIS STORM WILL BE PASSING JUST SOUTH OF LUCEDALE BEFORE 500 AM.
 
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.

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 28, 3:55 AM CST, 44 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-061-MSZ075>079-281200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
358 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1995

AT 357 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE
INDICATED AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL PARTS
OVER PEARLE RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO PERRY...AND STONE COUNTIES AFTER 4 AM
...THEN GREENE AND GEORGE COUNTIES AFTER 430 AM...THESE STORMS WILL
BE MOVING INTO WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTIES ALABAMA BEFORE
SUNRISE.

PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

STAYZ TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS FOR ANY
FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 3:56 AM CST, 43 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-061-MSZ075>079-281200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
358 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1995

AT 358 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE
INDICATED AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL PARTS
OVER PEARLE RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO PERRY...AND STONE COUNTIES AFTER 4 AM
...THEN GREENE AND GEORGE COUNTIES AFTER 430 AM...THESE STORMS WILL
BE MOVING INTO WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTIES IN ALABAMA
BEFORE SUNRISE.

PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND` POSSIBLE HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS FOR ANY
FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 3:58 AM CST, 41 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-061-MSZ075>079-281200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
358 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1995

AT 357 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE
INDICATED AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL PARTS
OVER PEARLE RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO PERRY...AND STONE COUNTIES AFTER 4 AM
...THEN GREENE AND GEORGE COUNTIES AFTER 430 AM...THESE STORMS WILL
BE MOVING INTO WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTIES ALABAMA BEFORE
SUNRISE.

PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS FOR ANY
FURTHER UPDATES.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.