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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

January 28, 1995Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 2:46 AM CST for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 1995, 2:46 AM CST (08:46 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1995, 3:15 AM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Clarke County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
352 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KMOB 280850
SVRMOB
ALC025-280915-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECT COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
246 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

   ...NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY

AT 245 AM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS LOCATED CURRENTLY JUST WEST OF
CAMPBELL AND WILL MOVE TO NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES

WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 4:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLowndes, Montgomery69 min
Jan 28, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile54 min
Jan 28, 7:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoffee, Dale38 min
Jan 28, 8:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin41 min

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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.