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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1995, 7:40 PM CDT for Butler County, Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 1995, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butler County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Georgiana, AL | A tornado briefly touched down near Georgiana. Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| Oct 4, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Gantt Lake, AL | A tornado briefly touched down along U.S. Highway 29 around Gantt Lake. Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| Oct 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Brantley, AL | A tornado briefly touched down near Brantley on U.S. Highway 29. Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 246 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1526 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 14.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 050045 COR TORMOB ALC013-039-041-050145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 740 PM CDT WED OCT 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...BUTLER COUNTY...COVINGTON COUNTY...CRENSHAW COUNTY AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING NORTHWARD INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF BUTLER AND CRENSHAW COUNTIES IN SOUTH ALABAMA. THESE TORNADOES AREA ASSOCIATED WITH EYEWALL THUNDERSTORMS OF OPAL AND MAY BE MULTIPLE BUT SHORT LIVED. RESIDENTS OF ANDULUSIA... GARLAND...MCKENZIE...CHAPMAN...GREENVILLE...DOZIER...GLENWOOD AND ANSLEY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT THROUGH 840 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTrER 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.