Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 1994, 1:22 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 1994, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 1994, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 2168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 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 081823 RRA SVRMOB MSC059-081915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 122 PM CDT THU SEP 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...JACKSON COUNTY AT 122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SEVERE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 4 hours 47 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, 4 hours 39 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, 4 hours 9 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, 4 hours 8 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, 3 hours 47 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, 3 hours 41 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, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.