Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 1994, 2:07 AM CST for Mobile County, Alabama; Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 1994, 2:07 AM CST (08:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 1994, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mobile County, AL, Jackson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 WUUS1 KMOB 060807 RRA SVRMOB ALC097-MSC059-060900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 207 AM CST SUN NOV 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AT 205 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND WILL MOVE INTO MOBILE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 6, 1:11 AM CST, 56 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-ALZ501-LAZ501-060815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 111 AM CST SUN NOV 6 1994 AT 100 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI NORTHEAST TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE ALABAMA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MOBILE AREA BETWEEN 130 AND 200 AM. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORM VCAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTENING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 1:11 AM CST, 56 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-ALZ501-LAZ501-060815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 111 AM CST SUN NOV 6 1994 AT 100 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI NORTHEAST TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE ALABAMA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MOBILE AREA BETWEEN 130 AND 200 AM. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTENING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS. ...CORRECTED FOR TYPO...
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 1:17 AM CST, 50 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-ALZ501-LAZ501-060815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 111 AM CST SUN NOV 6 1994 AT 100 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI NORTHEAST TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE ALABAMA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MOBILE AREA BETWEEN 130 AND 200 AM. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE TdHUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTENING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS. ...CORRECTED FOR TYPO...
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 1:18 AM CST, 49 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-ALZ501-LAZ501-060815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 111 AM CST SUN NOV 6 1994 AT 100 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI NORTHEAST TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE ALABAMA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MOBILE AREA BETWEEN 130 AND 200 AM. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE TfHUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTENING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS. ...CORRECTED FOR TYPO...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 50 min |
| Nov 5, 10:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 60 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1994Severe 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.