Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1994, 12:16 AM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 1994, 12:16 AM CST (06:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 1994, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pearl River County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 2299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 250615 SVRMOB MSC109-250700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1216 AM CST FRI MAR 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN PEARL.RIVER COUNTY AT 1212 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER NORTH PEARL RIVER COUNTY JUST NORTH OF AMACKERTOWN AND POPLARVILLE AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN OR NEAR HILLSDALE...NORHTEAST AND YOUNG SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HtAIL...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, 10:26 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-501-MSZ075>082-250430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 1025 PM CST THU MAR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 35 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 2 AM CST... AT 1020 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NORTH MOBILE COUNTY...NEAR CTRONELLE...NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH WASHINGTON AND CLARKE COUNTIES...NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONROE AND CONECUH COUNTIES AND INTO SOUTHCENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY FROM NEAR CITRONELLE TO MOUNT VERNON AND IN NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY FROM NEAR STOCKTON TO TENSAW. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CONECUH COUNTY BETWEEN REPTON AND EVERGREEN. WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEM INDICATED FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATNING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER fUPDATES OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 10:37 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-501-MSZ075>082-250430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 1025 PM CST THU MAR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 35 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 2 AM CST... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 1020 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NORTH MOBILE COUNTY...NEAR CTRONELLE...NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH WASHINGTON AND CLARKE COUNTIES...NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONROE AND CONECUH COUNTIES AND INTO SOUTHCENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY FROM NEAR CITRONELLE TO MOUNT VERNON AND IN NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY FROM NEAR STOCKTON TO TENSAW. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CONECUH COUNTY BETWEEN REPTON AND EVERGREEN. WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEM INDICATED FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DIMINISHED OVER THAT AREA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATNING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS. ...AGAIN...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 10:38 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-250530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1035 PM CST THU MAR 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FRIDAY FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND FOR THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...AND WALTON... AT 1030 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES EAST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST ACROSS BUTLER AND CONECUH COUNTIES AND TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBILE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SPREADING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST TO NORTH OF ATMORE. ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS WAS OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDRSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAUSING SOME BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED OR APPEAR IMMINENT.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 11:06 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-250600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1100 PM CST THU MAR 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA... SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...AND WALTON COUNTIES...UNTIL 200 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING... AT 1100 PM CST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA NORTHEAST ACROSS ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA AND INTO SOUTHERN CONECUH AND NORTH COVINGTON COUNTIES. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST TO NORTH OF BREWTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AND WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 11:37 PM CST, 39 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-250530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1135 PM CST THU MAR 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FRIDAY FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND FOR THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...AND WALTON... AT 1130 PM CST...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDER- STORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...WAS OVER THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVY RAINS WERE SCATTERED OVER A NARROW BAND FROM NEAR MOBILE AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHWE"ST CORNER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INTO PIKE COUNTY ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE WESTERN 75 MILES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 11:53 PM CST, 23 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-501-MSZ075>082-250430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 1152 PM CST THU MAR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 35 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 2 AM CST... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 1150 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTH FOREST COUNTY ...JUST SOUTH OF HATTTIESBURG...NORTHEAST ACROSS PERRY AND GEORGE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INTO NORTH MOBILE AND BALDWIN... SOUTH WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND MONROE COUNTIES AND THROUGH CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER SOUTHWEST PERRY COUNTY AND SOUTH GEORGE COUNTY OF MISSISSPPI AND IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY FROM NEAR FRUITDALE TO DEER PARK. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTH CONECUH AND NORTH ESCAMBIA COUNTIES FROM NEAR CASTLEBERRY TO BREWTON. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATNING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO 2OR THE LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 12:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 35 min |
| Mar 25, 1:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 19 min |
| Mar 25, 1:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 52 min |
| Mar 25, 1:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock, Pearl River | 64 min |
| Mar 25, 2:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.