Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 11:37 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 1995, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Covington County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 KMGM 120442 RRA SVRMGM ALC039-120530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1137 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...COVINGTON COUNTY AT 1130PM...CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTCENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL EFFECT RIVER FALLS AND ANDALUSIA WITH IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER MI. 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, 9:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 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, 2 hours 3 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, 10:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1030 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF JUST SOUTH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1030 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OFFSHORE MAINLY TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA. THE COVERAGE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED OVER THE LAST HOUR. MUCH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AL LEAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 10:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1030 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF JUST SOUTH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1030 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OFFSHORE MAINLY TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA. THE COVERAGE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED OVER THE LAST HOUR. MUCH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AL LEAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 11:30 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1130 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1130 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OFFSHORE OVER THE GULF BEGINNING 30 MILES SOUTHWEST PF PANAMA CITY AND EXTENDING WESTWARD TO MOBILE BAY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OFFSHORE FOR 100 MILES. THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD INCREASED OVER THE LAST HOUR WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 11:34 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1130 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1130 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OFFSHORE OVER THE GULF BEGINNING 30 MILES SOUTHWEST PF PANAMA CITY AND EXTENDING WESTWARD TO MOBILE BAY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OFFSHORE FOR 100 MILES. THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD INCREASED OVER THE LAST HOUR WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY. 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, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 60 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.