Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 1:45 PM CDT for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 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 12:00Z, 6.8 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
- 1905 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 151844 SVRMOB MSC109-151945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 145 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...PEARL.RIVER COUNTY AT 140 PM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERTORMS JUST WEST OF THE PEARL RIVER JUST WEST OF PICAYUNE. IT WILL BE MOVING INTO PICAYUNE BY 200 PM. THE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH TO NEAR RICHARDSON...CARRIERE AND MCNEILL. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 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, Apr 15, 7:54 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-151400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 755 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF ROUGH WEATHER FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TODAY AND TONIGHT... A VERY UNSTABLE AND MOIST AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THIS MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS PROVIDES THE INGREDIENTS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. ALREADY THIS MORNING LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES THE AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EVEN MORE UNSTABLE AND THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON WILL ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE. IT IS LIKELY THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TODAY. RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR WEATHER EVENTS TODAY AND LISTEN FOR LATERf STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 12:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-151830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1226 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER MONROE COUNTY ALABAMA... AT 1220 PM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR FRISCO CITY ALABAMA MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PASS BETWEEN MONROEVILLE AND EVERGREEN WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HAIL. IF THE INTENSITY CONTINUES TO INCREASE A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED IN PORTIONS OF MONROE AND CONECUH COUNTIES BEFORE LONG. FURTHER WEST...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS DEVELOPING NEAR NEW ORLEANS AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE TODAY AND CONDITIONS ARE PRIME FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MIS4SISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR WEATHER EVENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Hancock | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 27 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.