Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1993, 8:11 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1993, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1993, 8:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mobile County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 2147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMOB 040112 RRA SVRMOB ALC097-040200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 811 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY AT 715 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH MOBILE COUNTY BETWEEN GRAND BAY AND SOUTH ORCHARD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. &
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, Jul 3, 4:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
MSZ014-013-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 453 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON... AT 45O PM MOBILE RADAR INDICATED AN AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS OVER SOUTH PEARL RIVER COUNTY AND NORTH HANCOCK COUNTY OF OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WITH THE STRONGEST STORM LOCATED A FEW MILE NORTHEAST OF PICAYUNE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPID CHANGES IN THE WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECCESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-040130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 625 PM MOBILE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS OVER NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY AND WEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY WITH THE STRONGEST STORM LOCATED IN NORTHEAST BALDWIN COUNTY A FEW MILES EAST OF TENSAW AND ANOTHER STRONG STORM JUST EAST OF MCCULLOUGH IN WEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAD VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RDAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:55 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 755 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 TIME EVENT TREES REPORTED BLOWN DOWN ALONG SCENIS HIGHWAY IN EAST PENSACOLA BETWEEN 6 AND 630 PM CDT.
Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:59 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 755 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 TIME EVENT TREES REPORTED BLOWN DOWN ALONG SCENIS HIGHWAY IN EAST PENSACOLA BETWEEN 6 AND 630 PM CDT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 49 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.