Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 1994, 2:25 AM CST for Coosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 1994, 2:25 AM CST (08:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 1994, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coosa County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 WUUS1 KMGM 110824 RRA SVRMGM ALC037-110930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 225 AM CST FRI FEB 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...COOSA COUNTY AT 225 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON COUNTY INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN COOSA COUNTY NEAR ROUTE 29 MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH ROCKFORD VERY 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, 11:40 PM CST, 2 hours 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, 2 hours 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, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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.
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 1:30 AM CST, 55 minutes before
ALZ056-059-110830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 130 AM CST FRI FEB 11 1994 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF ALABAMA... AT 125 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED THAT THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF ESCAMBIA AND CONECUH COUNTIES... THEREFORE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. A SECOND LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI BORDER AND MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE LINE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SHARP COLD FRONT AND MAY CAUSE BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 1:32 AM CST, 53 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-110830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 130 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 130 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM BUTLER COUNTY OF SOUTH ALABAMA SOUTH ACROSS OKALOOSA COUNTY OF FLORIDA AND WELL OUT OVER THE GULF. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS WALTON COUNTY OF FLORIDA. THE LINE WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL AND TORNADOES. ELSEWHERE PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WERE OCCURRING AHEAD AND TO THE REAR 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, 1:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Lowndes | 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.