Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 1994, 9:41 AM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 1994, 9:41 AM CDT (14:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 1994, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 081442 SVRMOB ALC053-081530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 941 AM CDT THU SEP 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY AT 941 CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ESCAMBIA COUNTY ON THE SOUTH END JUST WEST OF FLOMATON APROACHING HIGHWAY 3. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 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
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 8:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-081440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 835 AM CDT THU SEP 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA... AT 830 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTENING WERE LOCATED OVER BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA... MOBILE BAY...AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THEIR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 8:43 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-081440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 835 AM CDT THU SEP 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA... AT 830 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTENING WERE LOCATED OVER BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA... MOBILE BAY...AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THEIR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTH(ERN ALABAMA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 9:13 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
ALZ055-056-059-062-081515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 913 AM CDT THU SEP 8 1994 AT 913 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 0VER THE ATMORE AREA AND EAST. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING EAST AND WILL BE MOVING BETWEEN EVERGREEN IN CONECUH COUNTY AND BREWTON IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY BY 1000 AM CDT. PERSONS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 65 IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHOULD ALSO EXPERENCE SOME OF THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 9:14 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
ALZ055-056-059-062-081515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 913 AM CDT THU SEP 8 1994 AT 913 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 0VER THE ATMORE AREA AND EAST. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING EAST AND WILL BE MOVING BETWEEN EVERGREEN IN CONECUH COUNTY AND BREWTON IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY BY 1000 AM CDT. PERSONS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 65 IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHOULD ALSO EXPERENCE SOME OF THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 9:35 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-081540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 935 AM CDT THU SEP 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA... AT 930 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTENING WERE LOCATED OVER BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA... JUST NORTHWEST OF PENSACOLA...AND NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THEIR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 9:41 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-081540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 935 AM CDT THU SEP 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA... AT 930 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTENING WERE LOCATED OVER BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA... JUST NORTHWEST OF PENSACOLA...AND NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THEIR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.