Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 4:46 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crenshaw County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMGM 120349 SVRMGM ALC041-112245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 446 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...NORTHWESTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY AT 1035CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CRENSHAW COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOULD PA HIGHLAND HOMES WITH IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
FLZ008-112045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 322 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR WALTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED, HOWEVER THE MARINE WARNING FOxR BAY COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
FLZ008-112045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 322 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR WALTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED, HOWEVER THE MARINE WARNING FOR BAY COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-112130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 334 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY... AT 330 PM CDT...SRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE COAST OF BAY COUNTY AND EXTENDED SOUTHWESTARD FOR OVER 100 MILES. THE COASTAL PORTION OF BAY COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THESE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NNEXT HALF HOUR. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OVER OKALOOSA AND WALTON OSANTA ROSA WERE SEEING A BREAK IN THE RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-112130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 334 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY... AT 330 PM CDT...SRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE COAST OF BAY COUNTY AND EXTENDED SOUTHWESTARD FOR OVER 100 MILES. THE COASTAL PORTION OF BAY COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THESE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NNEXT HALF HOUR. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OVER OKALOOSA AND WALTON OSANTA ROSA WERE SEEING A BREAK IN THE RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 4:27 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 430 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY... AT 430 PM CDT...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST OFFSHORE OF BAY COUNTY AND 50 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OVER OKALOOSA COUNTY AND EXTENDED EASTWARD INTO WALTON... HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 4:30 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 430 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY... AT 430 PM CDT...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST OFFSHORE OF BAY COUNTY AND 50 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OVER OKALOOSA COUNTY AND EXTENDED EASTWARD INTO WALTON... HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
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, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Tallapoosa | 69 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.