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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Mobile, AL

November 29, 1994Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 29, 1994, 1:29 AM CST for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 1994, 1:29 AM CST (07:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 1994, 2:15 AM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Stone County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1994-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1994-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2421 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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, 8:38 PM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-290330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
830 PM CST MON NOV 28 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS FORT WALTON BEACH...

AT 835 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OFFSHORE 20 TO 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
PASSING NEAR FORT WALTON BAECH IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND CAN BE EXPECTED. BOATERS IN THE AREA ARE
ADVISED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND PREPARE FOR HIGH WIND
AND ROUGH SEAS. OTHER PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THEIR WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MIELS AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 9:30 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-290430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
930 PM CST MON NOV 28 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF FORT WALTON BEACH...

AT 935 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY
AND EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWRD TO JUST SOUTH OF FORT WALTON BEACH. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS NEAR FREEPORT IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND CAN BE EXPECTED. BOATERS IN THE AREA ARE
ADVISED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND PREPARE FOR HIGH WIND
AND ROUGH SEAS. OTHER PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THEIR WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 9:33 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-290430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
930 PM CST MON NOV 28 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF FORT WALTON BEACH...

AT 935 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY
AND EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWRD TO JUST SOUTH OF FORT WALTON BEACH. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS NEAR FREEPORT IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND CAN BE EXPECTED. BOATERS IN THE AREA ARE
ADVISED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND PREPARE FOR HIGH WIND
AND ROUGH SEAS. OTHER PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THEIR WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 10:30 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-290530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1030 PM CST MON NOV 28 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN WALTON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON
COUNTY...

AT 1035 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WALTON AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES NEAR THE CITIES OF REDBAY AND VERNON. THESE STORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF GUSTY WIND AND PEA SIZE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD STAY
ALERT TO THEIR WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 10:37 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-290430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
930 PM CST MON NOV 28 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN WALTON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTOtN
COUNTY...
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 10:42 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-290530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1030 PM CST MON NOV 28 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN WALTON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON
COUNTY...

AT 1035 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WALTON AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES NEAR THE CITIES OF REDBAY AND VERNON. THESE STORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF GUSTY WIND AND PEA SIZE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD STAY
ALERT TO THEIR WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 1:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHancock66 min
Nov 29, 1:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry59 min
Nov 29, 2:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPearl River, Stone59 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.