Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 9:18 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 120220 RRA SVRMOB ALC053-120315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 918 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY AT 917 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN ALABAMA. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF BREWTON BY 930 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND 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, 5:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 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, 6:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 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, 2 hours 48 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, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 7:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 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 TOWARDNS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 8:30 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 830 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF JUST SOUTH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 830 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING JUST SOUTH OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA AND IN SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE GULF FROM SOUTH OF FORT WALTON TO MOBILE BAY AND SOUTHWARDS FOR 75 MILES. 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, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 45 min |
| Apr 11, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 42 min |
| Apr 11, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 53 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.