Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 2:16 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harrison County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 151915 SVRMOB MSC047-152015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 216 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...HARRISON COUNTY AT 215 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAY ST. LOUIS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE NEAR DE LISLE...LYMAN AND GULFPORT DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAG0ING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, 12:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 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, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pearl River | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Hancock | 30 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.