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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Mobile, AL

April 22, 19954 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 10:10 AM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1475 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 221610
SVRMGM
ALC001-047-085-101-017-123-221715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1010 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
      ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...ELMORE COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...CHAMBERS COUNTY...TALLAPOOSA COUNTY...LEE COUNTY
 
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 3 PM CDT...
 
AT 1105 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LINED FROM LAFAYETT...IN CHAMBER COUNTY...TO JUST
NOTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT
35 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa62 min
Apr 22, 10:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers, Tallapoosa2 hr
Apr 22, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery43 min
Apr 22, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers, Tallapoosa43 min
Apr 22, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery95 min
Apr 22, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers, Tallapoosa95 min

Nearby

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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.