Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 29, 1994, 1:39 AM CST for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 1994, 1:39 AM CST (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 1994, 2:45 AM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMOB 290739 RRA SVRMOB MSC045-290845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 139 AM CST TUE NOV 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...HANCOCK COUNTY AT 135 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THHUNDERSTORM OVER FAR NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY ...ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF NICHOLSON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY BEFORE 230 AM. 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 28, 8:38 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute 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, 4 hours 9 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, 4 hours 6 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, 3 hours 9 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, 3 hours 2 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 57 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 46 min |
| Nov 29, 1:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 59 min |
| Nov 29, 2:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pearl River, Stone | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe 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.