Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1994, 11:19 PM CST for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 11:19 PM CST (05:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1994, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Russell County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 767 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jan 27, 10:20 PM CST, 59 minutes before
FLZ016-017-026-027-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-280615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1120 PM EST (1020 PM CST) THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR...AND GRADY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING HAS TRIGGERED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST. WITH RELATIVELY WARM AND HUMID AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD LATER TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. CONSEQUENTLY...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR SEMINOLE... DECATUR... AND GRADY COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. AT 1110 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF TROY ALABAMA TO THE PENSACOLA AREA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BY 1 OR 2 AM. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS LATER TONIGHT AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS LATER TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:20 PM CST, 59 minutes before
FLZ016-017-026-027-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-280615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1120 PM EST (1020 PM CST) THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR...AND GRADY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING HAS TRIGGERED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST. WITH RELATIVELY WARM AND HUMID AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD LATER TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. CONSEQUENTLY...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR SEMINOLE... DECATUR... AND GRADY COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. AT 1110 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF TROY ALABAMA TO THE PENSACOLA AREA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BY 1 OR 2 AM. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS LATER TONIGHT AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS LATER TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:36 PM CST, 43 minutes before
FLZ016-017-026-027-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-280615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RE-TRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1120 PM EST (1020 PM CST) THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR...AND GRADY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING HAS TRIGGERED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST. WITH RELATIVELY WARM AND HUMID AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD LATER TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. CONSEQUENTLY...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR SEMINOLE... DECATUR... AND GRADY COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. AT 1110 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF TROY ALABAMA TO THE PENSACOLA AREA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BY 1 OR 2 AM. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS LATER TONIGHT AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS LATER TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:36 PM CST, 43 minutes before
FLZ016-017-026-027-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-280615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RE-TRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1120 PM EST (1020 PM CST) THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR...AND GRADY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING HAS TRIGGERED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST. WITH RELATIVELY WARM AND HUMID AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD LATER TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. CONSEQUENTLY...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR SEMINOLE... DECATUR... AND GRADY COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. AT 1110 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF TROY ALABAMA TO THE PENSACOLA AREA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BY 1 OR 2 AM. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS LATER TONIGHT AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS LATER TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia | 55 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.