Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 10:15 PM CDT for Butler County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 KBHM 120316 RRA SVRMGM ALC013-120415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL 1015 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...BUTLER COUNTY AT 10:15PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING BUTLER COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF GEORGIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL EFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF GEORGIANA...CHAPMAN AND GREENVILEE WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FORd DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, 6:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 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WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 630 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY...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, 2 hours 45 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, 2 hours 36 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, 1 hour 45 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 9:30 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 930 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF JUST SOUTH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 930 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING IN NORTHERN ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY AND EXTENDED WEATWARD TO MOBILE BAY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OUT OVER THE GULF FOR 75 MILES. PERSONS ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA CAN EXPECT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 9:34 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 930 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF JUST SOUTH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 930 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING IN NORTHERN ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY AND EXTENDED WEATWARD TO MOBILE BAY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OUT OVER THE GULF FOR 75 MILES. PERSONS ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA CAN EXPECT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 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, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 57 min |
| Apr 11, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 42 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.