Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1994, 11:33 AM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1994, 11:33 AM CDT (16:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1994, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coffee County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 TTAA00 KBHM 031633 RRA SVRMGM ALC031-031715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL 1133 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ...COFFEE COUNTY AT 1115 AM CDT MONTGOMERY RARAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF OPP IN COVINGTON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR INTO COFFEE COUNTY. CIVIL DEFENSE IN COVINGTON COUNTY REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL WITH POWER POLES DOWNED ALONG WITH SOME TREES. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRObNG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. &
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
Local storm report, May 3, 9:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 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, 2 hours 7 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, 2 hours 7 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, 1 hour 57 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, 1 hour 56 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.
Special weather statement, May 3, 10:35 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-031640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1030 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 1994 AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...EXTENDED FROM THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PENSACOLA AREA AND NORTH SANTA ROSA COUNTY OF FLORIDA...THEN ON INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. A SEVERE THUNDER- STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BALDWIN COUNTY OF ALABAMA...AND THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST TOWARDS ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF FLORIDA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLEDURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMALL BOAT OPERATORS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. 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, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| May 3, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 51 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.