Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 5:54 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.2
- Supercell composite
- 20.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 272257 RRA SVRMGM ALC101-109-280000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 554 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY AT 600 PM CDT MONTGOMERY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE MONTGOMERY PIKE COUNTY LINE IN SOUHTEAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 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, Jun 27, 4:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-272230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 440 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY...HOLMES...WALTON WASHINGTON...AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT...LARGE...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN ALABAMA FROM MONTGOMERY TO BIRMINGHAM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:57 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 450 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CLARKE... MONROE...CONECUH...AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 450 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI THROUGH MONTGOMERY ALABAMA TO NEAR DOTHAN ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:13 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 512 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CLARKE... MONROE...CONECUH...AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 510 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED PATCHY AREAS OF RAINSHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MONTGOMERY AREA AND CONTINUING TO NEAR DOTHAN ALABAMA. THESE AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE WATCH8 AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:42 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 545 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLARKE... MONROE...CONECUH...AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 540 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED PATCHY AREAS OF RAINSHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA... SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MONTGOMERY AREA AND CONTINUING TO NEAR DOTHAN ALABAMA. THESE AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:47 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-272330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 440 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY...HOLMES...WALTON... WASHINGTON...AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA UNTIL 10 PM CDT. AT 430 PM CDT...A LARGE CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS CENTERED OVER MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:49 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-272330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 545 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...CORRECTED ISSUE TIME... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY...HOLMES...WALTON... WASHINGTON...AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA UNTIL 10 PM CDT. AT 530 PM CDT...A LARGE CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS CENTERED OVER MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 29 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.