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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

March 7, 1995Dallas County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1995, 4:20 PM CST for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 1995, 4:20 PM CST (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1995, 5:20 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Dallas County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 1995-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 231 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 1995-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 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
231 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
398 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 072219
TORMGM
ALC047-072220-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1620 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1720 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...DALLAS COUNTY
 
AT 1620 A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON LADLINE ROAD IN SELMA MOVING
NORTHEAST.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY 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
Mar 7, 1:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington64 min
Mar 7, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile56 min
Mar 7, 5:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Montgomery2 hr
Mar 7, 5:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa59 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.