Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1993, 8:43 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1993, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1993, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 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, 1.7 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
- 432 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 19, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-190045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 640 PM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE NORTH 1/2 OF ESCAMBIA AND THE CENTRAL PARTS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW AREAS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE...RAIN AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENTS WERE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. EAST TO NEAR DOTHAN AND MONTGOMEhRY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA AND NEAR BEATRICE. THE RAIN WAS DRIFTING NORTH.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-200045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 640 PM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE NORTH 1/2 OF ESCAMBIA AND THE CENTRAL PARTS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW AREAS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE...RAIN AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENTS WERE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. EAST TO NEAR DOTHAN AND MONTlGOMERY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA AND NEAR BEATRICE. THE RAIN WAS DRIFTING NORTH.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-200045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 640 PM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE NORTH 1/2 OF ESCAMBIA AND THE CENTRAL PARTS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW AREAS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULDn TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE...RAIN AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENTS WERE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-200145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 735 PM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SOUTHERN 1/2 OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY AND JUST WEST OF MOLINO FLORIDA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE...DEADLY LIGHT- NING STRIKES...TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW AREAS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS. MARINE INTEREST AND SMALL BOAT OPERATORS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA SHOULD WATCH FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS FROM THE NORTH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TON SEEK SAFE SHELTER. ELSEWHERE...RAIN AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL ALABAMA. MOVEMENTS WERE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 8:32 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-200145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 835 PM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF SANTA ROSA AND ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE...DEADLY LIGHT- NING STRIKES...TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW AREAS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS. MARINE INTEREST AND SMALL BOAT OPERATORS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA SHOULD WATCH FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS FROM THE NORTH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO SEEK S^AFE SHELTER. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED PATCHES OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL ALABAMA. MOVEMENTS WERE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 8:34 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-200245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 835 PM CDT MON JUL 19 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF SANTA ROSA AND ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE...DEADLY LIGHT- NING STRIKES...TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW AREAS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS. MARINE INTEREST AND SMALL BOAT OPERATORS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA SHOULD WATCH FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS FROM THE NORTH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO SEhEK SAFE SHELTER. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED PATCHES OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL ALABAMA. MOVEMENTS WERE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Henry | 45 min |
Nearby
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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.