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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Mobile, AL

April 21, 1995Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1995, 4:53 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 1995, 4:53 AM CDT (09:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Escambia County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.3
Supercell composite: 12.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 210954
SVRMOB
FLC033-211100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
453 AM CDT FRI APR 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
AT 451 AM...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA. A SEVERE STORM
ALONG THE LINE WAS MOVING INTO NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 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.

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

Local storm report, Apr 21, 3:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
310 AM CDT FRI APR 21 1995

FOLLOWING IS THE UP TO DATE STORM REPORTS SO FOR THIS MORNING...

TIME             EVENT

MIDNIGHT CDT     NORTHERN CHOCTAW AL...WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES
                 AND POWER LINES IN THE COUNTY.  HIGHWAY 10 BLOCKED
                 BY TREES AT YANTLEY.

1250 AM CDT      WAYNE CO MS...TREES BLOWN DOWN AT STRENGTHFORD.

115 AM CDT       CLARKE COUNTY AL...TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 3 NORTH
                 OF JACKSON.
130 AM CDT       PERRY COUNTY MS...TREES DOWN IN NORTHEAST PERRY
                 COUNTY.

152 AM CDT       STONE COUNTY MS...POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN IN
                 WIGGINS.  SHERIFF ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS AT 70 MPH.

215 AM CDT       STONE COUNTY MS...POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ALL
                 OVER THE COUNTY.

221 AM CDT       SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY AL...TREES DOWN ON ALABAMA
                 HIGHWAY 10 BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY.  TREE DOWN ON
                 MOBILE HOME SEVERELY DAMAGING THE HOME AND POSSIBLY
                 INJURING AN OCCUPANT.

305 AM CDT       MOBILE COUNTY AL...CITRONELLE PD REPORTS TREES DOWN
                 ON JEFFERIES ROAD SOUTH OF CITRONELLE.
955 PM CDT       CONECUH COUNTY AL - DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED WEST OF
1002 PM CDT      EVERGREEN.  GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN LYEFFION.
                 (REPORTED BY STATE TROOPERS)

1145 PM CDT      ESCAMBIA COUNTY FL - WIND DAMAGED A HOUSE UNDER
                 CONTRUCTION, DAMAGED A ROOF ON A RESTAURANT AND BLEW
                 A FIRE STATION DOOR FROM ITS HINGES ON PENSACOLA
                 BEACH.  (REPORTED BY E. M.)

APRIL 12
155 AM CDT       ESCAMBIA COUNTY FL - GOLBALL HAIL IN BELLVIEW BY
                 E. M.

200 AM CDT       SANTA ROSA COUNTY FL - AWNING BLOWN OFF A CONVENICE
                 STORE ON NAVARRE BEACH.  TREES BLOWN DOWN IN NAVARRE.
230 AM CDT       TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN MILTON. (REPORTED BY E. M.)

Local storm report, Apr 21, 3:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

STORM REPORT...CORRECTION FOR DATA AFTER 305 AM..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
310 AM CDT FRI APR 21 1995

FOLLOWING IS THE UP TO DATE STORM REPORTS SO FOR THIS MORNING...

TIME             EVENT

MIDNIGHT CDT     NORTHERN CHOCTAW AL...WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES
                 AND POWER LINES IN THE COUNTY.  HIGHWAY 10 BLOCKED
                 BY TREES AT YANTLEY.

1250 AM CDT      WAYNE CO MS...TREES BLOWN DOWN AT STRENGTHFORD.

115 AM CDT       CLARKE COUNTY AL...TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 3 NORTH
                 OF JACKSON.
130 AM CDT       PERRY COUNTY MS...TREES DOWN IN NORTHEAST PERRY
                 COUNTY.

152 AM CDT       STONE COUNTY MS...POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN IN
                 WIGGINS.  SHERIFF ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS AT 70 MPH.

215 AM CDT       STONE COUNTY MS...POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ALL
                 OVER THE COUNTY.

221 AM CDT       SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY AL...TREES DOWN ON ALABAMA
                 HIGHWAY 10 BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY.  TREE DOWN ON
                 MOBILE HOME SEVERELY DAMAGING THE HOME AND POSSIBLY
                 INJURING AN OCCUPANT.

305 AM CDT       MOBILE COUNTY AL...CITRONELLE PD REPORTS TREES DOWN
                 ON JEFFERIES ROAD SOUTH OF CITRONELLE.
LSRMOB

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 3:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

FLZ007-008-009-010-012-210945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
343 AM CDT FRI APR 21 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

AT 325 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCzATED OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 4:29 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

FLZ007-008-009-010-012-210945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
343 AM CDT FRI APR 21 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

AT 325 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCBATED OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 4:39 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

FLZ007-008-009-010-012-211030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
435 AM CDT FRI APR 21 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

AT 425 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND INTO SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSpTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS..GANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

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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.