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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 27, 1992DeKalb County, Jackson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1992, 2:40 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1992, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1992, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL

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, Aug 27, 8:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 27, 9:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 27, 11:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-271800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1120 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL 3 PM CDT.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...

AT 1115 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED WIDESPREAD RAIN
...ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTH ALABAMA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN
LOWNDES...BUTLER AND PIKE COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHNORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EVEN THOUGH
NOT SEVERE ARE BRINGING VERY GUSTY WINDS IN MANY PLACES ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS THAT LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO A FEW HUNDRED FEET.

CONDITIONS ARE NOT LIKELY TO IMPROVE AS THE DAY CONTINUES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE ALSO INCLINED TO PRODUCE TORNADOES...THEREFORE A TORNADO WATCH IS
CONTINUED THROUGH 3PM CDT FOR MOST OF SOUTH ALABAMA.

SNELL
Local storm report, Aug 27, 12:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 27, 1:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 6:04 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens41 min
Aug 27, 6:48 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXGreene, Pickens57 min
Aug 27, 7:20 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar55 min
Aug 27, 7:40 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXGreene, Pickens50 min
Aug 27, 7:51 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarengo69 min
Aug 27, 7:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXGreene, Pickens3 hr
Aug 27, 8:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale2 hr
Aug 27, 8:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa2 hr
Aug 27, 8:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar2 hr
Aug 27, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo60 min
Aug 27, 9:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette116 min
Aug 27, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Perry115 min
Aug 27, 9:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXTuscaloosa3 hr
Aug 27, 10:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa65 min
Aug 27, 10:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Walker2 hr
Aug 27, 11:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby116 min
Aug 27, 11:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton2 hr
Aug 27, 11:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Cullman117 min
Aug 27, 11:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair117 min
Aug 27, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan59 min
Aug 27, 12:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXChilton, Shelby2 hr
Aug 27, 12:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson2 hr
Aug 27, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence69 min
Aug 27, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson34 min
Aug 27, 1:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXTalladega119 min
Aug 27, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega119 min
Aug 27, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin66 min
Aug 27, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan55 min
Aug 27, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair2 hr
Aug 27, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison66 min
Aug 27, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount60 min
Aug 27, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay2 hr
Aug 27, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence65 min
Aug 27, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone66 min
Aug 27, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale55 min

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Sources

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