Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 1994, 6:25 PM CST for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 1994, 6:25 PM CST (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 1994, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 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
- 1369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 060026 RRA SVRMOB ALC129-060115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 625 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 625 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST ENTERING SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FRUITDALE BY 635 PM AND CHATOM BY 650 PM. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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, Nov 5, 12:57 PM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
MSZ075-052100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1257 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PERRY COUNTY UNTIL 700PM... AREA RADARS HAVE INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RANGING FROM LAFEYETTE LOUISIANA TO NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING AHEAD OF THIS LINE NEAR MCCOMB AND HATTIESBERG MISSISSIPPI. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORBALE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 1:25 PM CST, 5 hours before
MSZ075-052130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 125 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA ...INCLUDING PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSI PPI UNTIL 700PM... MOBILE RADAR HAS INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RANGING FROM NEW ORLEANS NORTHEAST TO MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORBALE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 2:23 PM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
MSZ075-052130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 125 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA ...INCLUDING PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 700PM... MOBILE RADAR HAS INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RANGING FROM NEW ORLEANS NORTHEAST TO MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORBALE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 3:41 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
MSZ075-077-078-080-081-052345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 341 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA INCLUDING PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 330 PM...MOBILE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN HANCOCK... PEARL RIVER...FORREST AND PERRY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH MEAN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 4:30 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MSZ075-076-077-078-080-081-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 430 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA INCLUDING PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 430 PM...MOBILE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN FORREST... STONE...HANCOCK AND PERRY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STONGEST STORMS WILL OCCUR IN PERRY COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO GREENE COUNTY BY 445 PM. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH MEAN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. WWUS35KSTL .
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 4:31 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
MSZ075-076-077-078-080-081-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 430 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA INCLUDING PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 430 PM...MOBILE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN FORREST... STONE...HANCOCK AND PERRY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STONGEST STORMS WILL OCCUR IN PERRY COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO GREENE COUNTY BY 445 PM. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH MEAN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE F~OR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 10:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 60 min |
| Nov 6, 2:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 53 min |
| Nov 6, 3:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Nov 6, 3:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 50 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.