Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1993, 2:39 PM CST for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 1993, 2:39 PM CST (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 1993, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 252055 SVRMOB MSC045-252145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 239 PM CST THU MAR 25 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...HANCOCK COUNTY AT 255 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY AND IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUTp STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Mar 25, 10:21 AM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
MSZ013-014-ALZ016-013-015-251815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1016 AM CST THU MAR 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TO INCLUDE THE COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1015 AM CST NATIONAL WATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINSHOWER>S AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PERRY AND GREEN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND ACROSS WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND MONROE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 11:38 AM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before
MSZ013-014-ALZ016-013-015-251815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1016 AM CST THU MAR 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TO INCLUDE THE COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1015 AM CST NATIONAL WATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PERRY AND GREEN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND ACROSS WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND MONROE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 12:13 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-252015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1212 PM CST THU MAR 25 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTEAST MISSISSIPPI TO INCLUDE THE COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 4 PM... AT 1210 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTHEAST FROM DAUPHIN ISLAND THROUGH BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES TO NEAR EVERGREEN IN CONECUH COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT jFOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 12:24 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-252015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1212 PM CST THU MAR 25 1993 ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM FOR THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING MOBILE BAY... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTEAST MISSISSIPPI TO INCLUDE THE COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 4 PM... AT 1210 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTHEAST FROM DAUPHIN ISLAND THROUGH BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES TO NEAR EVERGREEN IN CONECUH COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CvONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 12:41 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
FLZ001>004-251930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1235 PM CST THU MAR 25 1993 AT 1230 PM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM THE NORTHWEST PART OF OKALOOSA COUNTY TO NEAR MILTON TO PENSACOLA TO PERDIDO BAY. GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE LINE OF STORMS AS IT MOVES EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 200 PM. BOATERS SHOULD EITHER MOVE ASHORE OR BE PREPARED TO RIDE THE STORMS OUT. GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STORMS. IN ADDITION PERSONS ALONG THE BEACH AREAS OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FROM PERDIDO KEY TO PENSACOLA BEACH TO NAVARRE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH. REMEMBER...PERSONS ON THE B(EACH ARE USUALLY THE TALLEST OBJECTS AROUND AND CAN BE IN DANGER OF GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pearl River | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.