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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Mobile, AL

July 1, 1994Lowndes County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1994, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lowndes County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1211 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KMGM 012102 RRA
SVRMGM
ALC085-012200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
400 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...LOWNDES COUNTY
 
 
MONTG0MERY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNSERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MONTGOMERY IN LOWNDES COUNTY. MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 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, Jul 1, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-501-MSZ075>082-LAZ501-012100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
240 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

AT 230 PM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING OVER 20 MILES NORTH OF MOBILE...JUST NORTH AND SOUTH OF
CHATOM AND NEAR MONROEVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN
GREEN AND PERRY COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING
SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY
RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THREATING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

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.