Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1994, 9:39 PM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 9:39 PM CST (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mobile County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 280339 RRA SVRMOB ALC097-280445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 939 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...MOBILE COUNTY AT 938 PM CST MOBILE RADAR SHOWED A A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST MOBILE COUNTY TO NEAR SEMMES SOUTHWEST TO OCEAN SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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
Local storm report, Jan 27, 8:11 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
812 PM CST THUR JAN 27 1994
TIME EVENT
750 PM MOBILE COUNTY 911 REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE
CITY OF MOBILE DUE TO STRONG WINDS.Local storm report, Jan 27, 8:24 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
820 PM CST THUR JAN 27 1994
TIME EVENT
740 PM PEARL-RIVER SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL TREES
DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 11 NORTH OF TOWN.Local storm report, Jan 27, 8:42 PM CST, 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
840 PM CST THUR JAN 27 1994
TIME EVENT
740 PM WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND CHATOM.Local storm report, Jan 27, 8:42 PM CST, 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
840 PM CST THUR JAN 27 1994
TIME EVENT
740 PM WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND CHATOM.Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:44 PM CST, 55 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-280330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 830 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ARE INCLUDED IN THIS TORNADO WATCH... AT 830 PM CST...RADAR WAS DETECTING TWO LINES OF STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ONE LINE EXTENDED FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTHEAST TO CLARKE COUNTY OF ALABAMA. THE SECOND LINE MERGES WITH THE FIRST FROM CLARKE COUNTY SOUTHWEST TOWARDS NEW ORLEANS. THESE LINES WERE MOVING EAST TOWARDS THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE PASSAG0E OF THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE PROBABLY CAUSING PROBLEMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:39 PM CST, 0 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-280430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 930 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ARE INCLUDED IN THIS TORNADO WATCH... AT 930 PM CST...RADAR WAS DETECTING TWO LINES OF STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ONE LINE EXTENDED FROM OFF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTHEAST TO BUTLER COUNTY OF ALABAMA. THE SECOND LINE MERGES WITH THE FIRST FROM BUTLER COUNTY SOUTHWEST OVER BILOXI MISSISSIPPI. THESE LINES WERE MOVING EAST INTO THE NORTH PORTION OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THEY WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA DURING THE NIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE PROBABLY CAUSING PROBLEMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 7:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 53 min |
| Jan 27, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 63 min |
| Jan 27, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 58 min |
| Jan 27, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 63 min |
| Jan 27, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 58 min |
| Jan 27, 9:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.