Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1994, 1:59 AM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1994, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1994, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harrison County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 1329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 KMOB 070700 SVRMOB MSC047-070800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 159 AM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY AT 155 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY 5 MILES EAST OF SAUCIER. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE WEST AND WILL AFFECT THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF SAUCIER AND WOOLMARKET OVER THE NEXT HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 58 MILES AN HOUR AND GREATER...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY AND WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREzFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 6, 11:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-070535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1135 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ESCAMBIA... SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1130 PM CDT...LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDER- STORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISISSIPPI...AND THE ADJOINING GULF TO 100 MILES OFFSHORE. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS WERE OVER THE COAST AND COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST WALTON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AROUND THE PASCAGOULA AND BILOXI AREAS...AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF DAUPHIN ISLAND.
Local storm report, Jul 6, 11:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1158 PM CDT WED JULY 6 1994
TIME (CDT) EVENT
1150 PM JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE DEPUTY REPORTED
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON
COUNTY BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND VANCLEAVE.Local storm report, Jul 7, 12:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1158 PM CDT WED JULY 6 1994
TIME (CDT) EVENT
1150 PM JACKSON COUNTY MS SHERIFFS OFFICE DEPUTY REPORTED
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON
COUNTY BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND VANCLEAVE.Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-070630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1230 AM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ESCAMBIA... SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1230 AM CDT...LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDER- STORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISISSIPPI...AND THE ADJACENT GULF OF MEXICO. STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST NORTHEAST OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI AND OVER WATER. HEAVIEST RAIN OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA WAS OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY. DUE TO THE EXCESS RAINFALL OVER NORTHWESTL FLORIDA THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS GROUNDS AND RIVERS ARE UNABLE TO HOLD ANY MORE WATER. ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WOULD CALL FOR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. PERSONS LIVING IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THIS POSSIBILITY.
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:28 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-070730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 130 AM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ESCAMBIA... SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 130 AM CDT...PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA ...SOUTHEAST MISISSIPPI...AND THE ADJACENT GULF OF MEXICO. STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI AND OVER SOUTH OF WALTON COUNTY OF FLORIDA. HEAVIEST RAIN OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA WAS OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY. COVERAGE IS DECREASING SLOWLY. DUE TO THE EXCESS RAINFALL OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS GROUNDS AND RIVERS ARE UNABLE TO HOLD ANY MORE WATER. ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WOULD CALL FOR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. PERSONS LIVING IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THIS POSSIBILITY.
Local storm report, Jul 7, 1:38 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
138 AM CDT THU JULY 7 1994
TIME (CDT) EVENT
128 AM HARRISON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORTED TREES DOWNED...POWER LINES DOWNED IN
THE WOOL MARKET AREA OF HARRISON COUNTY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 65 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.