Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMGM 060009 RRA SVRMGM ALC101-060100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 700 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 657 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN NORTHEAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES EAST OF MONTGOMERY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 5, 1:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-051930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 135 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN ESCAMBIA AND SANT ROSA COUNTIES... AT 130 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE DUMPING RAIN AT RATES HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE STANDING WATER IN LOCATIONS SUFFERING FROM POOR DRAINAGE. THE COMMUNITES OF MOLINO AND MCDAVID AND PARTS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY NEAR THERE WILL EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS...DITCHES...AND VERY SMALL STREAMS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUxTH ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE GULF UP TO 125 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENTS WERE TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-051930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 135 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES... AT 130 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE DUMPING RAIN AT RATES HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE STANDING WATER IN LOCATIONS SUFFERING FROM POOR DRAINAGE. THE COMMUNITES OF MOLINO AND MCDAVID AND PARTS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY NEAR THERE WILL EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS...DITCHES...AND VERY SMALL STREAMS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...| SOUTH ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE GULF UP TO 125 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENTS WERE TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-051930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 135 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES... AT 130 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE DUMPING RAIN AT RATES HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE STANDING WATER IN LOCATIONS SUFFERING FROM POOR DRAINAGE. THE COMMUNITES OF MOLINO AND MCDAVID AND PARTS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY NEAR THERE WILL EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS...DITCHES...AND VERY SMALL STREAMS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTH ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE GULF UP TO 125 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENTS WERE TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-052130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 330 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE DUMPING RAIN AT RATES HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING IN LOCATIONS SUFFERING FROM POOR DRAINAGE. COMMUNITES OF PINEVILLE AND WALTNUT HILL WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTH ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE GULF UP TO 125 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENTS WERE TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-052130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 330 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE DUMPING RAIN AT RATES HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING IN LOCATIONS SUFFERING FROM POOR DRAINAGE. COMMUNITIES OF PINEVILLE AND WALNUT HILL WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTH ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE GULF UP TO 125 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENTS WERE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Barbour, Henry | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Barbour, Henry | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Coffee, Dale, Pike | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 42 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.