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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Mobile, AL

April 11, 1995Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 9:18 AM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1995, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1995, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Wilcox County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 129 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 111419 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC131-111515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
918 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...WILCOX COUNTY
 
AT 9:15 CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY ABOUT 5
MILES WEST OF CAMDEN. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20
MILES PER HOUR.
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 7:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw61 min
Apr 11, 9:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDallas64 min
Apr 11, 11:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBElmore48 min
Apr 11, 12:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBTallapoosa69 min
Apr 11, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw59 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.