Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 3, 1994, 9:26 PM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 3, 1994, 9:26 PM CST (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 3, 1994, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 9:30 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Bay Minette, AL | A weak tornado touched down on the south side of Bay Minette damaging the roof on one house, the roof on a lumber company, and destroying a mobile home. A number of trees and power lines were also downed. According to information from Emergency Management of |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 288 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
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Dec 3, 4:38 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
MSC059-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 438 PM CST SAT DEC 3 1994 ...AT 435 PM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI IN JACKSON COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER PASCAGOULA DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR WITH WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Dec 3, 4:39 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
MSC059-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 438 PM CST SAT DEC 3 1994 ...AT 435 PM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI IN JACKSON COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER PASCAGOULA DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR WITH WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Dec 3, 6:26 PM CST, 3 hours before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-040225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 626 PM CST SAT DEC 3 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISIN EFFECT FOR MOBILE...BALDWIN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT... LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES IN HARRISON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED EAST TO JACKSON COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. AROUND SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS FELL IN GULFPORT SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING AND RADAR ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT INCHES WERE SHOWN IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF HARRISON COUNTY. THE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS SEVERAL ROADS WITH WATER ON THEM AND SOME STREETS STILL IMPASSABLE IN GULFPORT...SIMILIAR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTY. RADAR SHOWS RAIN...SOME HEAVY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO SOUTH OF MOBILE EXTENDING NORTH INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. THE LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA AND PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCURR FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE BILOXI...WOLF AND TCHUTACABOUFFA RIVERS TONIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADAIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Dec 3, 7:42 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-040345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 742 PM CST SAT DEC 3 1994 ...A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM HURLEY AND BIG POINT MISSISSIPPI SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH MOBILE COUNTY... AT 735 PM CST THE BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. MOVEMENT CONTINUES FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AT 30 MPH. BIG POINT MISSISSIPPI IN NORTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AT 730 THIS EVENING. AS THE HEAVY RAIN MOVES NORTH SOME PONDING OF WATER ON AREA STREETS AND ROADS IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN MOBILE. AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY AT THE NWS OFFICE AT MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT WITH SLIGHTLY GREATER AMOUNTS TO THE WEST...NEAR WILMER AND BIG CREEK LAKE, DOWNTOWN MOBILE REPORTED ABOUT A HALF INCH OF RAIN AT 7 PM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROAD. THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE ENOUGH TO FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE.
Special weather statement, Dec 3, 7:43 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-040345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 742 PM CST SAT DEC 3 1994 ...A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM HURLEY AND BIG POINT MISSISSIPPI SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH MOBILE COUNTY... AT 735 PM CST THE BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. MOVEMENT CONTINUES FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AT 30 MPH. BIG POINT MISSISSIPPI IN NORTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AT 730 THIS EVENING. AS THE HEAVY RAIN MOVES NORTH SOME PONDING OF WATER ON AREA STREETS AND ROADS IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN MOBILE. AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY AT THE NWS OFFICE AT MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT WITH SLIGHTLY GREATER AMOUNTS TO THE WEST...NEAR WILMER AND BIG CREEK LAKE, DOWNTOWN MOBILE REPORTED ABOUT A HALF INCH OF RAIN AT 7 PM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROAD. THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE ENOUGH TO FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 10:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 63 min |
| Dec 3, 10:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.