Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1993, 6:14 AM CST for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 1993, 6:14 AM CST (12:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1993, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dale County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1375 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 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 KMGM 311215 SVRMGM ALC045-311300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 614 AM CST WED MAR 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ...DALE COUNTY AT 615 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES EAST OF ARITON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 31, 2:51 AM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-310935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 240 AM CST WED MAR 31 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM CST FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA ...AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 235 AM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM PENSACOLA NORTHEASTWARD INTO ALABAMA. LARGE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SCATTERED CLUSTERS FROM BALDWIN COUNTY OF ALABAMA SOUTHWEST OVER THE GULF TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS LOOK AS THOUGH THEY COULD EASILY CONTAIN HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. LISTEN FOR LATER STTEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:46 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-311035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 340 AM CST WED MAR 31 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM CST FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA ...AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8AM CST FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 335 AM CST...THE PENSACOLA RADAR WAS TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE FOR EMERGENCY MAINTAINENCE. NEIGHBORING RADARS INDICATED SEVERAL LARGE THUNDERSTORMS...IN CLUSTERS...FROM CRESVIEW FLORIDA TO PENSACOLA AND OVER THE GULF. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTERLY ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDAA. THE STRONGER STORMS COULD EASILY CONTAIN HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:37 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-311135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 440 AM CST WED MAR 31 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM CST FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA ...AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8AM CST FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 435 AM CST...THE PENSACOLA RADAR WAS TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE FOR EMERGENCY MAINTAINENCE. NEIGHBORING RADARS INDICATED RAIN AND CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WALTON COUNTY AND DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... SOUTHWEST TO THE COAST OF OKALOOSA COUNTY AND FT WALTON BEACH...AND ON FAR INTO THE GULF. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. OVERALL MOVEMENTS WERE EASTWARD. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE WEST END OF THE PANHANDLE AND OVER THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH .
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:38 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-311200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 438 AM CST WED MAR 31 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 83 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BALDWIN COUNTY... ...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BALDWIN COUNTY UNTIL 6 AM CST... AT 430 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE WERE INDICATED BETWEEN GULF SHORES AND ORANGE BEACH ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT OF THESE STROMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A RECENT REPORT AT 425 AM BY THE ORANGE BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ONSHORE INTO BALDWIN COUNTY THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS THERE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 5:44 AM CST, 30 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-311235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 540 AM CST WED MAR 31 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM CST FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA ...AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8AM CST FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 535 AM CST...LARGE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NUMEROUS ALONG THE EXTREME NORTHERN EDGE OF OKALOOSA...WALTON...AND HOLMES COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA. IN THE CLUSTER THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR FLORALA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS INDICATING STRONG INTENSITIES WERE LOCATED IN THE COASTAL WATERS...JUST OFFSHORE FROM NAVARRE BEACH AND ONE OTHER MZOVING TOWARD BAY COUNTY AND PANAMA CITY. MOVEMENTS WERE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 6:04 AM CST, 10 minutes before
ALZ015-016-311300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 604 AM CST WED MAR 31 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA HAS EXPIRED... AT 600 AM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CONECUH...ESCAMBIA...AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...HOWEVER THESE STORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 1:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 2:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 6:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour | 61 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.