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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

May 15, 1995Macon County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1995, 4:17 PM CDT for Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Macon County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2319 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 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 152117
TORMGM
ALC087-152200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL
417 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...MACON COUNTY
 
AT 413PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING A TORNADO IN MACON COUNTY
NEAR FRANKLIN. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES MPH AND WILL
MOVE INTO TUSKEGEE WITHIN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBElmore54 min
May 15, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers43 min
May 15, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBTallapoosa54 min
May 15, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLee62 min
May 15, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMacon53 min
May 15, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga52 min
May 15, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock64 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.