Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 7:26 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crenshaw County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 2187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 280029 RRA SVRMGM ALC041-280130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 726 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...CRENSHAW COUNTY AT 725 PM CDT MONTGOMERY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF HIGHLAND HOME IN NORTHWEST CRENSHAW COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG 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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 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, 2 hours 13 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, 1 hour 44 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, 1 hour 39 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, 1 hour 37 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:40 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-280030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 640 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY...HOLMES...WALTON... WASHINGTON...AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 10PM CDT. AT 630 PM CDT...LARGE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED JUST SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 15 MPH. REMEMBER...A THUNDERSTORjM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNING THAT MAY BE ISSUED.
Nearby
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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.