Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 1992, 10:30 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Lawrence County, Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 1992, 10:30 PM CST (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1992, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 10:30 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Lauderdale, AL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 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, Mar 9, 5:06 PM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 5 05PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65 FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CST... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND A FEW SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AT 5PM CST. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THE AIR OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL BECOME EVEN MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT DURING THE EVENING AND NIGHTIME HOURS. THEREFORE...PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT.
Local storm report, Mar 9, 5:49 PM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 548 PM CST MON MAR 09 1992 ...501 PM CST...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WERE REPORTED IN HALEYVILLE BY THE WINSTON COUNTY EMA. ...AT 502 PM CST...MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SOUTH HALEYVILLE BY THE HALEYVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. ...AT 510 PM CST...NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED 2 MILES EAST OF HALEYVILLE BY AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 7:11 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 705 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS EVENING...BUT HAS BEEN LIFTED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING SO RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. DEVAUGHN
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 7:14 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
ALZ001>014-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 710 PM CST MON MAR 9 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IS EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA UNTIL 100 AM CST... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 100 AM CST.. FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...MORGAN...MARSHALL...MARION...WINSTON...CULLMAN... WALKER...FAYETTE...LAMAR...TUSCALOOSA...PIKCKENS...AND SUMTER. NO OTHER COUNTIES IN ALABAMA ARE UNDER ANY OTHER WATCH AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 8:04 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-100310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 803 PM CST MON MAR 9 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA UNTIL 100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING... AT 800 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN ALABAMA SHOWED VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAIN...WITH ONLY SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS OCCURING OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF ALABAMA TONIGHT AS THE AIRMASS OVER THE STATE BECOMES INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE IN ADVANCE OF A STORM SYSTEM NOW PUSHING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS AS IF THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER A CROSS THE STATE OF ALABAMA WILL COME AFTER MIDNIGHT. SO...PLEASE STAY ADVISED OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION BY TUNING IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:07 PM CST, 23 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-100510- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1005 PM CST MON MAR 9 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST ALABAMA UNTIL 100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 68 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION OF ALABAMA UNTIL 300 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING... AT 1000 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND BACK INTO LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AROUND MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BECOME SEVERE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WITH THE AIRMASS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ACROSS ALABAMA TONIGHT THERE IS THE STRONG POSSIBILIBTY OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. PLEASE...STAY INFORMED OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION BY TUNING IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 63 min |
| Mar 9, 10:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 69 min |
| Mar 9, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 35 min |
| Mar 9, 11:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 60 min |
| Mar 10, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 12:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 63 min |
| Mar 10, 12:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa, Walker | 68 min |
| Mar 10, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 58 min |
| Mar 10, 1:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 1:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 62 min |
| Mar 10, 1:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 63 min |
| Mar 10, 3:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.