Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 1993, 9:16 PM CST for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 1993, 9:16 PM CST (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 1993, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 120316 SVRMGM ALC101-120400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 916 PM CST THU FEB 11 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY SKYWARN REPORTS HAVE INDICATED HAIL OF 1 INCH AND GREATER WITH DAMAGE TO CARS NEAR AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 5:45 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-120030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 535 PM CST THU FEB 11 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THIS THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...AND WALTON... AT 530 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI...AND WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN SUMTER AND NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. OTHER THUND"ERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND SLIDELL LOUISIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 6:39 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-120130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 635 PM CST THU FEB 11 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THIS THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...AND WALTON... AT 630 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTH MARENGO COUNTY NORTH OF LINDEN AND IN SOUTH HALL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA...AND NORTH OF BAY ST LOUIS IN HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 7:10 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-120200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 705 PM CST THU FEB 11 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 10 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI HAS EXPIRED... AT 700 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A SHORT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PERRY AND STONE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI MOVING INTO GREENE AND GEORGE COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. &
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 7:39 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-120230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 735 PM CST THU FEB 11 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THIS THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...AND WALTON... AT 730 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF LUCEDALE IN GEORGE COUNTY AND IN SOUTH GREEN COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...AND IN DALLAS AND PERRY COUNTIES OF ALABAMA0. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 8:35 PM CST, 41 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-120330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 835 PM CST THU FEB 11 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THIS THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...AND WALTON... AT 830 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN CLARKE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...10 TO 20 MILES WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY..AND 20 TO 50 MILES NORTH OF SLIDELL LOUISIANA. ...THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AT THIS TIME.
Local storm report, Feb 11, 8:36 PM CST, 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
835 PM CST THU FEB 11 1993
TIME EVENT
825 PM CST DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE CROSSROADS
AND POPLARVILLE COMMUNITIES OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI. REPORT RELAYED BY PEARL RIVER SHERIFFS
OFFICE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 56 min |
| Feb 11, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 44 min |
| Feb 11, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 43 min |
| Feb 11, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Macon | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.