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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL

March 24, 1994Chambers County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1994, 6:20 PM CST for Chambers County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 1994, 6:20 PM CST (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 1994, 7:15 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Chambers County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1994-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1346 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1994-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
11.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 250022
SVRMGM
ALC017-250115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
620 PM CST THU MAR 24 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST ALABAMA
 
   ...CHAMBERS COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CHAMBERS COUNTY
...JUST SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE AT 620 PM CST. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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, Mar 24, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-501-242225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
225 PM CST THU MAR 24 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR  WASHINGTON...CLARKE...MONROE AND
CONECUH COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 225 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN
WAYNESBORO AND HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS EASTERLY AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS WERE NORTH OF EVERGREEN...ALSO MOVING EASTERLY AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR TO THE WATCH AREA WITH
LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVIION FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 4:47 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-501-250030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
446 PM CST THU MAR 24 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR  WASHINGTON...CLARKE...MONROE AND
CONECUH COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 440 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF
LAUREL MISSISSIPPI EXTENDING TO THE NORTHEAST INTO WILCOX COUNTY
ALABAMA.  SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER SHOWERS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE GULF COAST FROM BILOXI MISSISSIPPI
TO GULF SHORES ALABAMA.  THESE SHOWERS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT
30 MPH.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE .WATCH AREA WITH
LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 10:36 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMacon54 min
Mar 25, 1:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile47 min
Mar 25, 2:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin61 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.