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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Mobile, AL

April 22, 1995Chambers County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 10:32 AM CDT for Chambers County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 10:32 AM CDT (15:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chambers County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1082 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
1082 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 221536
SVRMGM
ALC001-047-085-101-017-123-221615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1032 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
 
   ...AUTAUGA COUNTY...DALLAS COUNTY...LOWNDES COUNTY
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...CHAMBERS COUNTY...TALLAPOOSA COUNTY
 
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 1 PM CDT...
 
AT 1025 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS.  THE
THUNDERSTORJMS ARE LINED FROM ASHLAND...IN CLAY COUNTY...TO JUST WEST OF
SELMA IN DALLAS COUNTY.  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, 10:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery2 hr
Apr 22, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery43 min
Apr 22, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery95 min
Apr 22, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers, Tallapoosa95 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.