Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 28, 1994, 3:32 AM CST for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 1994, 3:32 AM CST (09:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 1994, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elmore County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMGM 280932 RRA SVRMGM ALC051-281015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 332 AM CST MON NOV 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN ELMORE COUNTY AT 3:30 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTH MONTGOMERY COUNTY THAT WAS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ELMORE COUNTY WITHIN MINUTES. SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE STORM WAS GENERATING WINDS WHICH EXCEEDED 50 MPH AND WAS THEREFORE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGE AT THE SURFACE. 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 28, 12:27 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-280730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1227 AM CST MON NOV 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 914 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CLARKE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND GREENE AND PERRY COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5 AM CST... AT 1225 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST ENTERING WEST-CENTRAL ALABAMA NORTH OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 1:13 AM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-280810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 115 AM CST MON NOV 28 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 5 AM CST FOR WASHINGTON AND CLARKE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND GREENE AND PERRY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 115 AM...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM SELMA ALABAMA TO NEAR NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL PEARL RIVER AND PERRY COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...HAIL ...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 1:15 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-280810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 115 AM CST MON NOV 28 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 5 AM CST FOR WASHINGTON AND CLARKE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND GREENE AND PERRY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 115 AM...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM SELMA ALABAMA TO NEAR NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL PEARL RIVER AND PERRY COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...HAIL ...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS 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 28, 1:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas, Wilcox | 36 min |
| Nov 28, 1:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 38 min |
| Nov 28, 3:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock, Macon | 61 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.