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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 120031 RRA SVRMOB FLC033-113-120130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 730 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY...SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY AT 730 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVER THUNDERSTORM IN THE PENSACOLA METRO AREA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND8 DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, 4:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 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, 5:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-112330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 530 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY... AT 530 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO 50 MILES SOUTH OF PRNSACOLA. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER BAY...HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 5:30 PM CDT, 2 hours before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-112330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 530 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY... AT 530 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO 50 MILES SOUTH OF PRNSACOLA. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER BAY...HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-112330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 630 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY... AT 630 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO 20 MILES SOUTH OF PRNSACOLA. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER BAY...HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-112330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 630 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY... AT 630 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO 20 MILES SOUTH OF PRNSACOLA. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER BAY...HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 7:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 730 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF JUST SOUTH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 730 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO JUST SOUTH OF WALTON COUNTY AND EXTENDING WESTWARD TO PENSACOLA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 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, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 67 min |
| Apr 11, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 66 min |
| Apr 12, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 62 min |
| Apr 12, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 44 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.