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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Mobile, AL

June 14, 1993Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1993, 3:49 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1993, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1993, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Wilcox County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1993-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1496 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1993-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1496 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KMGM 142051 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC131-142145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
349 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
INDICATIONS OF HAIL IN EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY BETWEEN SNOW HILL AND
FURMAN NORTH OF ROUTE 21. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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, Jun 14, 1:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-141915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
111 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHWEST ALALBAMA...

AS THEY DID SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPING
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

AT 100 PM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE EXTREME
EASTERN SECTIONS OF CONECUH COUNTY AND IN SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY
IN ALABAMA.  THEY WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

MARINE WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED IF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN BALDWIN COUNTY
CONTINUE THEIR PRESENT INTENSITY AND MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.  ALL THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND RESIDENTS SHOULD RREMAIN INDOORS AS STORMS
MOVE OVER THEIR LOCATION.

SOME HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS AND WILL CAUSE
SOME FLOODING OF ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH
CAUTION IN THOSE AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
FLZ001>004-MSZ012>014-ALZ010-013>018-141935-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
140 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE WEST PART OF THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM PENSACOLA TO MILTON
TO FORT WALTON BEACH.

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY DRIFT SOUTH.  BECAUSE OF THEIR
SLOW MOVEMENT HEAVY RAINS FROM THE STORMS WILL CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING
OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA FROM ALONG THE ALABAMA
RIVER NEAR MILLERS FERRY TO NORTH OF CRESTVIEW.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS
 AREA WERE WEST OF ANDALUSIA.

SHOWERS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF CITRONELLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
FLZ001>004-MSZ012>014-ALZ010-013>018-142035-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
240 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA  WITH MOST OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS CONFINED TO THE WEST HALF OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM NORTHEAST PENSACOLA TO CRESTVIEW TO
FORT WALTON BEACH.

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE VERY LITTLE.  BECAUSE OF THEIR
SLOW MOVEMENT HEAVY RAINS FROM THE STORMS WILL CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING
OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA FROM ALONG THE ALABAMA
RIVER NEAR MILLERS FERRY TO SOUTHEAST OF BREWTON.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE ALONG I65 NORTHWEST OF BREWTON AND NEAR
EVERGREEN.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NEAR ANDALUSIA...NEAR
MOBILE AND NEAR GULF SHORES.
*
THE THUNDERSTORMS IN ALABAMAH WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
FLZ001>004-MSZ012>014-ALZ010-013>018-142135-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
340 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA.  THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE ALONG A SHORT LINE FROM MCDAVID TO CRESTVIEW TO
DE FUNIAK SPRINGS.  TORRENTIAL RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STORMS IN
THIS SHORT LINE.  IN ADDITION SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES
AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING
SOUTH AND SHOULD MOVE BACK THROUGH MILTON AND THE FREEPORT AREAS
BETWEEN 400 AND 430 PM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA FROM NEAR SELMA
TO ATMORE.  THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE ALONG THE ALABAMA
RIVER EAST OF MILLERS FERRY.

ALONG THE COAST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI TO
MOBILE BAY AND ALONG THE APALACHICOLA RIVER SOUTH OF BLOUNTSTOWN.
THIS RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.L

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington68 min
Jun 14, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBDallas47 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.