Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 13, 1995, 10:16 AM CST for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 1995, 10:16 AM CST (16:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 1995, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 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
- 970 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 412 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 12.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 131618 RRA SVRMOB ALC129-131700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1016 AM CST FRI JAN 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 1015 AM CST MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF MILLRY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO MILLRY BEFORE 1030 AM. 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. 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, Jan 13, 7:30 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-131430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 730 AM CST FRI JAN 13 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 12 PM CST. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA CAN EXPECT TO FALL UNDER A TORNADO WATCH DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA TRACKS ORTHEASTWARD. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF SPAWNING TORNADOS. AT 730 AM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND JUST OFFSHORE SOUTH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SHOWERS WERE ALONG THE COAST NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH AND EXTENDED OFFSHORE FOR 50 MILES. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 7:31 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-131430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 730 AM CST FRI JAN 13 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 12 PM CST. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA CAN EXPECT TO FALL UNDER A TORNADO WATCH DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF SPAWNING TORNADOS. AT 730 AM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND JUST OFFSHORE SOUTH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SHOWERS WERE ALONG THE COAST NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH AND EXTENDED OFFSHORE FOR 50 MILES. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 7:39 AM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080-081-082-131445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 739 AM CST FRI JAN 13 1995 AT 739 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GEORGE AND GREENE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING OUT OVER MISSISSIPPI SOUND AND GULF. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THR/UGH THE CITIES OF GULFPORT...BIL I...OCEAN SPRINGS AND PASCAGOULA WITHIN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 7:42 AM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080-081-082-131445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 739 AM CST FRI JAN 13 1995 AT 739 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GEORGE AND GREENE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING OUT OVER MISSISSIPPI SOUND AND GULF. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE CITIES OF GULFPORT...BIL I...OCEAN SPRINGS AND PASC2AGOULA WITHIN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 9:42 AM CST, 34 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-131745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 942 AM CST FRI JAN 13 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTILL NOON TODAY... AT 940 AM xST DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE GREENE AND WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE DOWN THE STATE LINE TO EXTREME SOUTHWEST MOBILE COUNTY. THE LINE OF STORMS HAS SLOWED MORE AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO ALABAMA BEFORE 10 AM... ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SOME STREET FLOODING AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THE LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE LAST FEW HOURS BUT A TORNADO WATCH MEANS SEVERE STORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR TO THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS CONDITIONSREMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 9:44 AM CST, 32 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-131745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 942 AM CST FRI JAN 13 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTILL NOON TODAY... AT 940 AM CST DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE GREENE AND WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE DOWN THE STATE LINE TO EXTREME SOUTHWEST MOBILE COUNTY. THE LINE OF STORMS HAS SLOWED MORE AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO ALABAMA BEFORE 10 AM... ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SOME STREET FLOODING AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THE LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE LAST FEW HOURS BUT A TORNADO WATCH MEANS SEVERE STORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADPOES ARE POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR TO THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS CONDITIONSREMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 10:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 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.