Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1993, 3:53 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1993, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1993, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 2682 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 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 KMOB 282054 RRA SVRMOB ALC003-282145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 353 PM CDT WED JUL 28 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY AT 353 PM CDT MOBILE RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HURRICANE NEAR FOLEY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. 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
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1250 PM CDT WED JUL 28 1993
DELAYED STORM REPORTS FROM TUESDAY EVENING JULY 27
630 TO 640 OKALOOSA COUNTY...SOUTH OF HWY 98 IN FORT WALTON BEACH
PM CDT NEAR THE SOUND A COUPLE OF HOBIE CATS WERE FLIPPED OVER
AND BLOWN SEVERAL FEET. ROOFS WERE DAMAGED BY STRONG
WINDS IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING AND SEVERAL WINDOW GLASSES
WERE BLOWN OUT. SEVERALS TREES AND LIMBS WERE ALSO BLOWN
DOWN. RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
755 PM CDT SANTA ROSA COUNTY...SEVERAL TREES AND LIMBS WERE BLOWN
DOWN AND CAUSED POWER OUTAGES ALONG HWY 197A (WOODBINE)
IN THE PACE AREA. RELAYED BY GULF POWER.
830 PM CDT ESCAMBIA COUNTY...A WHITE MALE IN HIS 20S WAS INDIRECTLY
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN CANTONMENT. THE PERSON WAS SITTING
ON A PORCH AND LIGHTNING HIT A TRANSFORMER AND KNOCKED HIM
OFF THE PORCH. THE IMPACT OF THE BOLT ALSO KNOCKED
THE WINDOWS OUT OF A CAR IN HIS DRIVEWAY. THE PERSON WAS
TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL AND WAS KEPT FOR OBSERVATION.
RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES TO PROPERTY WERE REPORTED ACROSS
NORTHWEST FLORIDA FROM PANAMA CITY TO FORT WALTON BEACH TO
PENSACOLA AS A RESULT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1250 PM CDT WED JUL 28 1993
DELAYED STORM REPORTS FROM TUESDAY EVENING JULY 27
630 TO 640 OKALOOSA COUNTY...SOUTH OF HWY 98 IN FORT WALTON BEACH
PM CDT NEAR THE SOUND A COUPLE OF HOBIE CATS WERE FLIPPED OVER
AND BLOWN SEVERAL FEET. ROOFS WERE DAMAGED BY STRONG
WINDS IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING AND SEVERAL WINDOW GLASSES
WERE BLOWN OUT. SEVERALS TREES AND LIMBS WERE ALSO BLOWN
DOWN. RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
755 PM CDT SANTA ROSA COUNTY...SEVERAL TREES AND LIMBS WERE BLOWN
DOWN AND CAUSED POWER OUTAGES ALONG HWY 197A (WOODBINE)
IN THE PACE AREA. RELAYED BY GULF POWER.
830 PM CDT ESCAMBIA COUNTY...A WHITE MALE IN HIS 20S WAS INDIRECTLY
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN CANTONMENT. THE PERSON WAS SITTING
ON A PORCH AND LIGHTNING HIT A TRANSFORMER AND KNOCKED HIM
OFF THE PORCH. THE IMPACT OF THE BOLT ALSO KNOCKED
THE WINDOWS OUT OF A CAR IN HIS DRIVEWAY. THE PERSON WAS
TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL AND WAS KEPT FOR OBSERVATION.
RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES TO PROPERTY WERE REPORTED ACROSS
NORTHWEST FLORIDA FROM PANAMA CITY TO FORT WALTON BEACH TO
PENSACOLA AS A RESULT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-282045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 148 PM CDT WED JUL 28 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 145 PM CDT MOBILE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED JUST NORTHEAST OF ATMORE AND NEAR JACKSON. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTHWEST. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS MOST DANGEROUS ELEMENT IS LIGHTNING AND THESE STORMS CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS YOUR AREA...MOVE INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS OR ELECTRIAL APPLIANCES. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE STAY IN YOUR AUTOMOBILE OR AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS AND METAL OBJECTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...SOME WILL BECOME STRONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LASTEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-282030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 230 PM CDT WED JUL 28 1993 AT 225 PM CDT...CLUSTERS OF LARGE THUNDERSTORMS WE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pike | 67 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.