Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1994, 10:15 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1994, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1994, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMOB 031515 RRA SVRMOB ALC003-031615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1015 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY ...AND THE WATERS OF MOBILE BAY... AT 1012 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE MOUTH OF DOG RIVER MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BAY AND MOVE ONSHORE IN BALDWIN COUNTY FROM FAIRHOPE NORTH TO THE SPANISH FORT AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. MARINE INTERESTS IN MOBILE BAY SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW. 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, May 3, 7:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-031330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 731 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 730 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI TO NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE WERE OVER EASTERN STONE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI SOUTHEAST OF WIGGINS...AND OVER NORTHWEST GEORGE COUNTY BETWEEN BENNDALE AND MERRILL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH... AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS MORNING. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH...THEY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL.
Local storm report, May 3, 9:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
900 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 1994
TIME EVENT
858 AM NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT PASCAGOULA BY THE
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFSh OFFICE.Local storm report, May 3, 9:26 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
926 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 1994
TIME EVENT
900 AM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST OFF MOFFETT
ROAD ON HOWELLS FERRY ROAD NEAR THE MOBILE REGIONAL
AIRPORT IN CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY. REPORTED BY
RESIDENT IN THAT AREA.Local storm report, May 3, 9:26 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
926 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 1994
TIME EVENT
900 AM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST OFF MOFFETT
ROAD ON HOWELLS FERRY ROAD NEAR THE MOBILE REGIONAL
AIRPORT IN CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY. REPORTED BY
RESIDENT IN THAT AREA.Special weather statement, May 3, 9:36 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-031530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 930 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 1994 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA ...EXTENDING SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA AND INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. THE HEAVIER STORMS IN THE LINE HAS PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WIND... TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE LINE WILL BE PASSING THROUGH THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS. PERSONS IN THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SMALL BOAT OPERATORS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHINGING WEATHER FOR THE WORST. PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THESE CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, May 3, 9:37 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-031530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 930 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 1994 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA ...EXTENDING SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA AND INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. THE HEAVIER STORMS IN THE LINE HAS PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WIND... TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE LINE WILL BE PASSING THROUGH THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS. PERSONS IN THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SMALL BOAT OPERATORS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHINGING WEATHER FOR THE WORST. PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 69 min |
| May 3, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 51 min |
| May 3, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coffee | 42 min |
| May 3, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coffee | 55 min |
| May 3, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dale | 55 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.