Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1994, 3:05 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama; George County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 1994, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1994, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS, Jackson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 732 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 052005 RRA SVRMOB ALC097-MSC039-059-052045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 305 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...GEORGE COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY AT 305 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM EAST JACKSON COUNTY NEAR OCEAN SPRINGS...NORTHEAST INTO GEORGE COUNTY NEAR LUCEDALE AND CONTINUING TO NEAR CITRONELLE IN MOBILE COUNTY. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS ALONG THE LINE WERE LOCATED NEAR WILMER ALABAMA AND NEAR VESTRY AND GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY AND INTO CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. 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, Aug 5, 12:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-ALZ501-LAZ501-051800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL NOON CDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 1158 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SCATTERED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM SOUTH HARRISON COUNTY...NORTHEAST ACROSS JACKSON AND GEORGE COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI AND INTO NORTH AND CENTRAL MOBILE...BALDWIN AND SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR WADE AND HURLEY IN NORTH JACKSON COUNTY AND NEAR WILMER AND SEMMES IN MOBILE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA CAN EXPECT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOPE IN THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SHOULD REMAIN READY TO SEEK A STRONG SHELTER IF NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 1:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-ALZ501-LAZ501-052000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 154 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 152 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM JACKSON AND GEORGE COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI...EAST ACROSS MOBILE COUNTY AND INTO BALDWIN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST MOBILE COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS MOBILE BAY ALONG INTERSTATE 10 AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY AREA FROM SPANISH FORT SOUTH TO NEAR POINT CLEAR WITHIN THE HOUR. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN NORTH MOBILE COUNTY NEAR TENSAW AND SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY NEAR LOXLEY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...PEA SIZE HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECT WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. ALL RESIDENTS IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK A SAFE SHELTER AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE THREAT HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:35 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-052030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 235 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE MAIN CONCENTRATION OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM AROUND FOLEY AND ROBERTSDALE ALABAMA AND EXTENDING EAST BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND MOLINO...AND FROM AROUND MOBILE NORTHEAST TO AROUND ATMORE AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN DE FUNIAK SPRINGS AND FREEPORT...AND SOUTH OF YOUNGSTOWN. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:36 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-052030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 235 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE MAIN CONCENTRATION OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM AROUND FOLEY AND ROBERTSDALE ALABAMA AND EXTENDING EAST BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND MOLINO...AND FROM AROUND MOBILE NORTHEAST TO AROUND ATMORE AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN DE FUNIAK SPRINGS AND FREEPORT...AND SOUTH OF YOUNGSTOWN. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. P ERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:44 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-ALZ501-LAZ501-052045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 244 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 240 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM NEAR GULFPORT IN SOUTH HARRISON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST ACROSS JACKSON AND GEORGE COUNTIES AND INTO CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY OF ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF GULFPORT AND NORTHWEST OF OCEAN SPRINGS...AND FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF LUCEDALE NEAR THE ALABAMA LINE AND CONTINUING SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN JACKSON COUNY. THIS LINE OF STRONG STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1994Severe 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.