Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 10:39 PM CDT for Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 160347 RRA SVRMGM ALC061-069-160445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...RETRANSMITTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1039 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ...HOUSTON COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOTHAN. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LIDTTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, 4:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-501-MSZ075>082-LAZ-152245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 440 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 99 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND FOR MOBILE...BALDWIN...WASHINGTON AND CLARKE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. AT 440 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH WHILE THE LINE AS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS EVENING. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOS TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 6:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-501-MSZ075>082-LAZ501-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 559 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... ...STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 550 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED FROM NEAR SANDY HOOK MISSISSIPPI TO HATTIESBURG TO JUST NORTHWEST OF MILLRY ALABAMA. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EAST AND NORTHEASTWARD. ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEIR LOCAL SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING BE ISSUED FOR THEIR AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE DESIGNATED WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-501-MSZ075>082-LAZ501-160100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 711 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 710 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR PICAYUNE MISSISSIPPI TO CITRONELLE ALABAMA TO MONROEVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED NEAR CITRONELLE ALABAMA AND OVER WESTERN STONE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI NEAR STILLMORE. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS IN ADDITION TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE NECESSARY FOR THEIR AREA. < REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE DESIGNATED WATCH AREA. ...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT...PEARL RIVER...HANCOCK...HARRISON...STONE... JACKSON...PERRY..GREENE AND GEORGE... ...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT...WASHINGTON...CLARKE...MOBILE AND BALDWIN... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...MONROE...CONECUH...AND ESCAMBIA.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-160130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 740 PM CDT FRI APR 16 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARING THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AT 730 PM CDT...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. THE LINE HAD MOVED SOIUTHEASTWARD 35 TO 40 MPH DURING THE PAST HOUR AND WAS NEARING MOBILE ALABAMA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND WERE SCATTERED AHEAD OF THE LINE IN SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA PLUS THE CRESTVIEW AREA OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 8:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-160230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 840 PM CDT FRI APR 16 1994 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...25 MILES WIDE...EXTENDED FROM MONTGOMERY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO MOBILE THEN WEST ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND THERE IS THE THREAT OF SMALL HAIL. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND HlAD MOVED INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 9:41 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-501-160300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 941 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 MONROE...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 100. THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...AND THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAS DIMINISHED. AT 940 PM...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WAS INDIC0ATED BY THE MOBILE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMEMTS WERE TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coffee, Dale | 69 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.