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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 1995Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Covington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2522 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
2522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.6
Supercell composite
12.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 100647
TORMGM
ALC039-100745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
145 AM CDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...COVINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 143 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST ENTERING WESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND ON ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT WILL
PASS ACROSS THE FLORALA AREA.
 
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STxURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw54 min
May 10, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia46 min
May 10, 12:37 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia53 min
May 10, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox31 min
May 10, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile56 min
May 10, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin55 min
May 10, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDallas34 min
May 10, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia30 min
May 10, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin27 min
May 10, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeneva39 min
May 10, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile62 min
May 10, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour44 min
May 10, 3:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
May 10, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin49 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.