Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL

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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.

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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.

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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 .

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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.

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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.

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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.