Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 28, 1994, 3:59 AM CST for Bullock County, Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 1994, 3:59 AM CST (09:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 1994, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bullock County, AL, Macon County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 32 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 46 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 44 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, 3:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore | 43 min |
| Nov 28, 2:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison, Jackson | 59 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.