Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 1994, 3:55 AM CST for Baldwin County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 1994, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 1994, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 1369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 061000 COR TORMOB ALC003-053-061045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED TIMES... TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 355 AM CST SUN NOV 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...BALDWIN COUNTY...ESCAMBIA COUNTY AT 340 AM CST SHERIFFS DEPT IN BALDWIN COUNTY REPORT A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE RDS 112 AND 87 IN BALDWIN CO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING THE SOUTH PART OF BALDWIN COUNTY AND THE SOUTH PART OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CST. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Nov 6, 1:18 AM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-ALZ501-LAZ501-060815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 111 AM CST SUN NOV 6 1994 AT 100 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI NORTHEAST TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE ALABAMA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MOBILE AREA BETWEEN 130 AND 200 AM. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE TfHUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTENING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS. ...CORRECTED FOR TYPO...
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 2:30 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-060930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 230 AM CST SUN NOV 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE PANHANDLE. AT 0230 AM CST...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHERN ALABAMA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOBILE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 2:38 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-060930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 230 AM CST SUN NOV 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE PANHANDLE. AT 0230 AM CST...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHERN ALABAMA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOBILE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 3:30 AM CST, 25 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-061030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 330 AM CST SUN NOV 6 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL ARE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE PANHANDLE. AT 0330 AM CST...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA SOUTHWEST THROUGH ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA THEN THROUGH SOUTHERN ALABAMA EXTENDING TO OFFSHORE TO CHANDELEUR SOUND. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 3:34 AM CST, 21 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-061030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 330 AM CST SUN NOV 6 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL ARE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE PANHANDLE. AT 0330 AM CST...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA SOUTHWEST THROUGH ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA THEN THROUGH SOUTHERN ALABAMA EXTENDING
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 3:35 AM CST, 20 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-061030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 330 AM CST SUN NOV 6 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL ARE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE PANHANDLE. AT 0330 AM CST...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA SOUTHWEST THROUGH ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES FLORIDA THEN THROUGH SOUTHERN ALABAMA EXTENDING TO OFFSHORE TO CHANDELEUR SOUND. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 50 min |
| Nov 5, 10:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 60 min |
| Nov 6, 2:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 53 min |
| Nov 6, 3:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
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.