Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 12:21 PM CDT for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tallapoosa County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 111722 RRA SVRMGM ALC123-111830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1221 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...TALLAPOOSA COUNTY AT 12:15 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DADEVILLE OVER LAKE MARTIN. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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.
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, Apr 11, 11:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-506-111715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1117 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WALTON...HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...UNTIL 4 PM CDT... AT 1115 AM...RADAR SHOWED A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW AND PENSACOLA... TO BE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. MANY SPOTS WITHIN THIS LINE INDICATED RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID-DAY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 10 PER 5 MINUTE PERIOD. JVD
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 11:34 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-506-111730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1136 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...CONTINUE THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FOR WALTON...HOMES...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS OF WALTON COUNTY... AT 1130 AM...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF CRESTVIEW PAST PENSACOLA AND ON INTO THE GULF SOUTH OF OCEAN SPRINGS. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES JUST OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE INDICATED JUST NORTH OF CRESTVIEW...OVER A FEW SPOTS AROUND PERDIDO BAY AND OFFSHORE SOUTHWEST OF DAPHIN ISLAND. JVD
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 11:36 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-506-111730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1136 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...CONTINUE THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FOR WALTON...HOMES...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS OF WALTON COUNTY... AT 1130 AM...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF CRESTVIEW PAST PENSACOLA AND ON INTO THE GULF SOUTH OF OCEAN SPRINGS. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES JUST OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE INDICATED JUST NORTH OF CRESTVIEW...OVER A FEW SPOTS AROUND PERDIDO BAY AND OFFSHORE SOUTHWEST OF DAPHIN ISLAND. JVD
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 11:39 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-506-111730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1136 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...CONTINUE THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FOR WALTON...HOMES...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS OF WALTON COUNTY... AT 1130 AM...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF CRESTVIEW PAST PENSACOLA AND ON INTO THE GULF SOUTH OF OCEAN SPRINGS. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES JUST OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE INDICATED JUST NORTH OF CRESTVIEW...OVER A FEW SPOTS AROUND PERDIDO BAY AND OFFSHORE SOUTHWEST OF DAPHIN ISLAND. JVD
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 12:19 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-506-111815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1221 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WALTON AND THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS...HOLMES...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1210 PM...VERY HEAVY RAINS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA BETWEEN CRESTVIEW...MILTON AND PENSACOLA. A FEW STORMS WERE OVER WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON AND BAY COUNTIES... MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAS GENERALLY AVERAGED 5 TO 10 STROKES PER 5 MINUTE PERIOD OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO. SOME LOCALIZED URBAN AND STREET FLOODING HAD OCCURED WHERE THE HEAVIER RAINS HAD FALLEN. JVD &
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 12:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-506-111815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1221 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WALTON AND THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS...HOLMES...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1210 PM...VERY HEAVY RAINS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA BETWEEN CRESTVIEW...MILTON AND PENSACOLA. A FEW STORMS WERE OVER WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON AND BAY COUNTIES... MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAS GENERALLY AVERAGED 5 TO 10 STROKES PER 5 MINUTE PERIOD OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO. SOME LOCALIZED URBAN AND STREET FLOODING HAD OCCURED WHERE THE HEAVIER RAINS HAD FALLEN. JVD &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 57 min |
| Apr 11, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 11:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Elmore | 48 min |
| Apr 11, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 59 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.