Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 1994, 1:25 AM CST for Autauga County, Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 1994, 1:25 AM CST (07:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 1994, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Autauga County, AL, Lowndes County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 472 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 110725 RRA SVRMGM ALC001-085-110830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 125 AM CST FRI FEB 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...AUTAUGA COUNTY...LOWNDES COUNTY AT 125 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN MACON COUNTY AND CENTREVILLE INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR LOWNDESBORO INTO SOUTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE INTO AUTAUGA COUNTY NEAR PRATTVILLE SHORTLY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Feb 10, 10:42 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-110540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1040 PM CST THU FEB 10 1994 ...A TONADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST... AT 1035 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 150 MILES OFFSHORE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE HAD REACHED ATMORE AND FOLEY ALABAMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 10:48 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-110540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1040 PM CST THU FEB 10 1994 ...A TONADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST... AT 1035 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 150 MILES OFFSHORE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE HAD REACHED ATMORE AND FOLEY ALABAMA. THE LINE WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST 10 TO< 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 11:40 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-110540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1140 PM CST THU FEB 10 1994 ...A TONADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST... AT 1135 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 170 MILES OFFSHORE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE HAD REACHED PENSACOLA AND BREWTON ALABAMA. THE LINE WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 11:58 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-110700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 1158 PM CST THU FEB 10 1994 ...THE TORNADO WATCH /NUMBER 11/ FOR COASTAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST... ...A TORNADO WATCH /NUMBER 13/ IS IN EFFECT FOR CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF ALABAMA UNTIL 5 AM CST... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT... AT 1155 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONROEVILLE ALABAMA...TO ORANGE BEACH ALABAMA...AND OFFSHORE FOR 150 NAUTICAL MILES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...STRONG WIND GUSTS...EVEN HAIL AND TORNADOES. PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL SOURCES OF WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE NECESSARY. ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FROM THE WEST. THESE SHOWERS WILL ADD TO PREVIOUS RAIN TOTALS AND MAY BRING AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO BANKFULL. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NEAR LOCATIONS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR RISING FLOOD WATERS TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 12:38 AM CST, 47 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-110630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1230 AM CST FRI FEB 11 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST... AT 1230 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM DALLAS COUNTY OF SOUTH ALABAMA SOUTH ACROSS SANTA ROSA COUNTY OF FLORIDA AND WELL OUT OVER THE GULF. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES OF FLORIDA. THE LINE WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND POSS8IBLE TORNADOES. ELSEWHERE PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WERE OCCURRING AHEAD AND TO THE READ OF THIS THUNDERSTORM LINE.
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 12:43 AM CST, 42 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-110630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1230 AM CST FRI FEB 11 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 5 AM CST... AT 1230 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM DALLAS COUNTY OF SOUTH ALABAMA SOUTH ACROSS SANTA ROSA COUNTY OF FLORIDA AND WELL OUT OVER THE GULF. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES OF FLORIDA. THE LINE WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HHAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. ELSEWHERE PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WERE OCCURRING AHEAD AND TO THE READ OF THIS THUNDERSTORM LINE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coosa | 65 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.