Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1994, 7:29 PM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 7:29 PM CST (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 61 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 00:00Z, 1.5 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 280129 RRA SVRMOB MSC109-111-131-280230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 729 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...PEARL.RIVER COUNTY...PERRY COUNTY...STONE COUNTY AT 725 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF LAUREL SOUTHWEST TO NEAR POPLARVILLE AND PICAYUNE IN PEARL-RIVER COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST- SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. POPLARVILLE PD IN PEARL-RIVER COUNTY REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 11 SOUTH OF THAT CITY AT 723 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SAFETY NOW. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE 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, Jan 27, 2:42 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
MSZ075>082-272200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 242 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PEARL RIVER COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM CST TONIGHT... AT 240 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...MOST LIKELY MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. PERSONS IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE REQUIRED FOR THEIR AREA&. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTRORMS TO FORM IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 5:26 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-280130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 526 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PEARL-RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 800 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT THE COASTAL COUNTIES... AT 520 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LARGE MASS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE OCCURRING EAST OF THE RAIN AREA. A GUST TO 37 MPH OCCURRED AT THE MOBILE AIRPORT DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA MAY RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WHILE OTHER LOCATIONS MAY EXPECT AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES. PERSONS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA SHOULD BE AWARE OF WEATHER EVENTS THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION IN LOCATIONS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS OR IS FALLING. DO NOT ATTEMP TO DRIVE THROUGH RUNNING WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 7:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 61 min |
| Jan 27, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 44 min |
| Jan 27, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 43 min |
| Jan 27, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 43 min |
| Jan 27, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 59 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.