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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

March 14, 1995Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 1995, 7:02 PM CST for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 1995, 7:02 PM CST (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 1995, 7:30 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 570 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
570 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 150101
TORMOB
MSC047-150130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
702 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HARRISON COUNTY
 
AT 700 PM THE MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT IN
MISSISSIPPI SOUND 5 MILES SOUTH OF GULFPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ONSHORE NEAR THE WESTERN
SECTION OF GULFPORT AND NEAR LONG BEACH.
 
 
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 14, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBHarrison37 min
Mar 14, 8:16 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBHarrison28 min
Mar 15, 12:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPearl River, Stone65 min
Mar 15, 12:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge69 min
Mar 15, 1:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene68 min
Mar 15, 1:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry69 min
Mar 15, 3:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHarrison65 min
Mar 15, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge28 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.