Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1994, 5:35 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1994, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stone County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 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 KMOB 132234 RRA SVRMOB MSC131-132315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 535 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...STONE COUNTY AT 534 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN STONE COUNTY JUST EAST OF SILVER RUN MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO ADVANCE TO THE EAST...IT WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES OF TEN MILE...PERKINSTON...AND WIGGINS WITHIN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER...IN ADDITION TO HAIL AT LEAST THREE QUATERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER. 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, Jul 13, 1:35 PM CDT, 4 hours before
FLZ001>010-012-131830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 130 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY PORTIONS OF OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES OF FLORIDA... RIVER RUNOFF IS SPILLING INTO CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY AT THIS TIME IN SUCH A LARGE...UNPRECEDENTED VOLUME THAT THE BAY CAN BARELY ACCEPT ANY MORE WATER. SOME FLOODING OF WATERFRONT HOMES AND STREETS HAS OCCURRED. THE FLOODING THAT HAS OCCURRED IN AREAS THAT USUALLY FLOOD WHEN THE BAY TIDE IS 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF WALTON COUNTY AND THE OKALOOSA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE...THE FLOODING IS CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF INCONVENIENCE AND SOME FLOOD DAMAGE TO HOMES IN LOW AREAS IS EXPECTED. THE BAY WATERS DID NOT RECEDED MUCH LAST NIGHT BUT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A SLOW FALL TODAY. A MORE SIGNIFICANT FALL WILL OCURR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE HE AVY AT TIMES. AT 130 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDALE. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCURRING THROUGHOUT THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA. HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-131930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 230 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY PORTIONS OF OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES OF FLORIDA... RIVER RUNOFF IS SPILLING INTO CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY AT THIS TIME IN SUCH A LARGE...UNPRECEDENTED VOLUME THAT THE BAY CAN BARELY ACCEPT ANY MORE WATER. SOME FLOODING OF WATERFRONT HOMES AND STREETS HAS OCCURRED. THE FLOODING THAT HAS OCCURRED IN AREAS THAT USUALLY FLOOD WHEN THE BAY TIDE IS 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF WALTON COUNTY AND THE OKALOOSA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE...THE FLOODING IS CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF INCONVENIENCE AND SOME FLOOD DAMAGE TO HOMES IN LOW AREAS IS EXPECTED. THE BAY WATERS DID NOT RECEDED MUCH LAST NIGHT BUT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A SLOW FALL TODAY. A MORE SIGNIFICANT FALL WILL OCURR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. AT 230 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDALE. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCURRING THROUGHOUT THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN ALA:BAMA. HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-132130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 330 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY PORTIONS OF OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES OF FLORIDA... RIVER RUNOFF IS SPILLING INTO CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY AT THIS TIME IN SUCH A LARGE...UNPRECEDENTED VOLUME THAT THE BAY CAN BARELY ACCEPT ANY MORE WATER. SOME FLOODING OF WATERFRONT HOMES AND STREETS HAS OCCURRED. THE FLOODING THAT HAS OCCURRED IN AREAS THAT USUALLY FLOOD WHEN THE BAY TIDE IS 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF WALTON COUNTY AND THE OKALOOSA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE...THE FLOODING IS CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF INCONVENIENCE AND SOME FLOOD DAMAGE TO HOMES IN LOW AREAS IS EXPECTED. THE BAY WATERS DID NOT RECEDED MUCH LAST NIGHT BUT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A SLOW FALL TODAY. A MORE SIGNIFICANT FALL WILL OCURR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. AT 330 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDALE. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCURRING THROUGHOUT THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA. HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:41 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 430 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY PORTIONS OF OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES OF FLORIDA... CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY REMAINS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL SLIGHTLY THIS EVENING AS THE TIDE MOVES OUT. AT 430 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE GULF SOUTH OF THE PANHANDLE UP TO 75 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:59 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
MSZ075>082-ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 459 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 AT 455 PM...THE MOBILE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN GEORGE AND GREENE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... ACROSS NORTHERN MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES...INTO SOUTHERN CLARKE AND MONROE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINS...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING IN HEAVY RAINS IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED FROM SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:29 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 530 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY PORTIONS OF OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES OF FLORIDA... CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY REMAINS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL SLIGHTLY THIS EVENING AS THE TIDE MOVES OUT. AT 530 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.F..SOUTH ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE GULF SOUTH OF THE PANHANDLE UP TO 75 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
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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.