Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
800 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

STORM REPORTS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON MARCH 30 1993

TIME          EVENT

235 PM        SANTA ROSA COUNTY...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED
              GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR PEA RIDGE.

330 PM        SANTA ROSA COUNTY...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED
              HIGH WINDS BLEW A MOBILE HOME OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND
              SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOW DOWN NEAR FLORIDATOWN WHICH
              IS NEAR PACE.

405 PM        OKALOOSA COUNTY...A MALE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN
              FRONT OF A RESTURANT ON MARYR ESTHER CUT OFF ROAD IN
              MARY ESTHER.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND
              WAS CONSCIOUS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
845 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

AT 840 PM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED PART OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA FROM MERIDIAN
TO MONTGOMERY TO DOTHAN ACROSS MOST OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA
TO MOBILE THEN OFFSHORE FOR 100 MILES OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
COAST.

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR PERDIDO AND
FROM NORTH OF PENSACOLA ACROSS MILTON TO NORTH OF CRESTVIEW.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS NEAR PORT ST JOE.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTH ALABAMA.  THESE STORMS WERE ALONG THE ALABAMA RIVER FROM
MOBILE BAY TO EAST OF FRUITDALE AND FROM SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN
TO NEAR TROY ALABAMA.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PICKED UP SOME SPEED DURING THE LAST TWO
HOURS AND WERE NOW MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAINS CAN STILL RESULT IN TEMPORARY FLOODING
OF LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

OFFSHORE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFFSHORE OF THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA COASTLINE AND MOVE ASHORE.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 TO 75 MILES OFFSHORE OF THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTLINE.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.  VERY ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
909 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND MOBILE...BALDWIN...CLARKE...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

AT 905 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SEVERAL STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WITH THE THE STRONGEST STORMS
LOCATED IN SOUTH BALDWIN COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF GULF SHORES AND
IN CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF GROVE HILL. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
945 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

AT 940 PM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTH
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND OFFSHORE FOR 80 MILES OF THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTLINE.

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE GENERALLY IN
ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FROM NEAR ALABAMA POINT TO
MOLINO TO NORTH OF MUNSON.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA.  THESE STORMS
WERE GENERALLY SCATTERED BETWEEN MOBILE AND MONTGOMERY.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS
CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS MOVE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40
MILES AN HOUR.  HEAVY RAINS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TEMPORARY
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINGAE AREAS ESPECAILLY
ON THE ROADWAYS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO
GO THROUGH A LOW SPOT IN THE ROAD WHERE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER IS
UNKNOWN.

OFFSHORE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR PENSACOLA PASS TO
75 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WALTON BEACH.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
BNORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.  VERY ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS CAN
BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1040 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

AT 1035 PM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA
AND OFFSHORE FOR 80 MILES OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTLINE.

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING ASHORE
BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND FORT WALTON BEACH.  STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO
BETWEEN CENTURY AND MILTON.  BY 1100 PM MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAINS
SHOULD END FOR A FEW HOURS ACROSS ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.
FOR THE AREA FROM FORT WALTON TO PANAMA CITY...SOME STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS OFFSHORE COULD MOVE INTO THESE AREAS BY 1130 PM.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA.  THESE STORMS
WERE AGAIN GENERALLY SCATTERED BETWEEN MOBILE AND MONTGOMERY.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS
CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40
MILES AN HOUR.  HEAVY RAINS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TEMPORARY
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINGAE AREAS ESPECIALLY
ON THE ROADWAYS.

OFFSHORE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 40 TO 75 MILES SOUTH OF
FORT WALTON BEACH.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.  VERY ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1043 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND MOBILE...BALDWIN...CLARKE...AND WASHINGTION COUNTIES OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

AT 1040 PM MOBILE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDELY SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED IN NORTHEAST PERRY COUNTY MISSISSIPPI NEAR RICHTON AND IN SOUTH
CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA JUST EAST OF JACKSON.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND RESIDENTS IN OR
NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.