Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1994, 9:16 AM CST for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 1994, 9:16 AM CST (15:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 1994, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sumter County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
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, Mar 23, 3:48 AM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-231145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 346 AM CST WED MAR 23 1994 AT 341 AM CST...MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR STATELINE MISSISSIPPI WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS LAUREL TO NEAR MIZE MISSISSIPPI. THIS BAND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE BETWEEN LAUREL INTO EXTREEME SOUTHWEST JASPER COUNTY. SOME GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 5:34 AM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-231330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 532 AM CST WED MAR 23 1994 AT 525 AM CST...MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A BROAD BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 30 MILES WIDE FROM GROVE HILL ALABAMA NORTHWEST BETWEEN MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI AND BAY SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI TO WALNUT GROVE MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL WERE INDICATED BETWEEN MERIDIAN...BAY SPRINGS...AND QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE MERDIAN MISSISSIPPI AND BUTLER ALABAMA AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THEIR FAVORITE RADIO/TV FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 7:29 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ALC023-119-MSC023-069-075-099-101-103-159-231530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 727 AM CST WED MAR 23 1994 AT 715 AM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG A CARTHAGE...NEWTON...QUITMAN LINE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE ENTERING NESHOBA...LAUDERDALE...AND KEMPER COUNTIES DURING THE NEST 30 MINUTES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND PErRIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 7:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Mar 23, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 36 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.