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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL

March 25, 1994Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1994, 2:29 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 25, 1994, 2:29 AM CST (08:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 1994, 3:30 AM CST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Baldwin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 250828
SVRMOB
ALC003-250930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
229 AM CST FRI MAR 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...BALDWIN COUNTY
 
AT 225 AM MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE
HURRICANE/CROSSROADS AREA OF CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA. THIS STORM
WAS PART OF A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE MOVING EAST
ACROSS BALDWIN COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
 
THIS AREA OF STORMS HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO TREES AND PROPERTY IN MOBILE
COUNTY ALABAMA AND GEORGE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
 
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, 11:53 PM CST, 2 hours 36 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.

Special weather statement, Mar 25, 12:39 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

FLZ001>010-012-250730-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1235 AM CST FRI MAR 25 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 1230 AM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG THE
BORDER OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND ALABAMA AND WESTWARD TO MISSISSIPPI.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRESENTLY OCCURRING IN ALABAMA BETWEEN
DOTHAN AND ANDALUSIA...AND IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NEAR HATTIESBURG.
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST AROND 25 MPH.

Special weather statement, Mar 25, 1:43 AM CST, 46 minutes before

FLZ001>010-012-250830-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
135 AM CST FRI MAR 25 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FRIDAY
FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...
AND BAY COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND FOR THE ADJOINING COASTAL
WATERS.

AT 130 AM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI EASTWARD ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE EASTERN EDGE OF MISSISSIPPI NEAR MOBILE
ALABAMA...AND SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA JUST OVER THE FLORIDA
STATE LINE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSNTY WINDS..
HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

MOVEMENTS WERE EASTERLY 40 MPH.

Local storm report, Mar 25, 1:50 AM CST, 39 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
152 AM CST FRI MAR 25 1994

TIME             EVENT
130 AM CST       GEORGE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NICKEL
                 SIZED HAIL IN LUCEDALE \MS.

Local storm report, Mar 25, 2:13 AM CST, 16 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
213 AM CST FRI MAR 25 1994

TIME             EVENT
2 AM CST         CITIZEN PHONED INTO MOBILE NWS TO REPORT TREES AND
                 LIMBS DOWN IN SEMMES (14 NW OF MOB) IN CENTRAL
                 MOBILE COUNTY.

Local storm report, Mar 25, 2:24 AM CST, 5 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
220 AM CST FRI MAR 25 1994

TIME             EVENT
210 AM CST       CITIZEN PHONED INTO MOBILE NWS TO REPORT 4 TREES
                 DOWN IN THE EIGHT MILE AREA OF MOBILE JUST OFF
                 LOTT ROAD. ONE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON TOP OF A
                 WORKSHOP AND A CHAIN LINK FENCE WAS UPROOTED.
                 ALSO...ANOTHER TREE WAS SPLIT BY LIGHTNING.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 6:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Chambers	55 min
Mar 24, 10:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Macon	54 min
Mar 25, 1:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	47 min

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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.