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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 10, 1992Winston County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 10, 1992, 2:03 PM CDT for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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
Oct 10, 1992, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 1992, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Winston County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 10, 2:05 PM CDTHail 1Winston, AL
Oct 10, 2:10 PM CDTHail 1.75Winston, 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

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1992-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1992-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 101903
SVRBHM
ALC133-101930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
203 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...WINSTON COUNTY
 
AT 200 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN
WINSTON COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS SAME STORM PRODUCED
QUARTER-SIZE HAIL IN BEAR CREEK IN NORTHERN MARION COUNTY AROUND 1:50
PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
NFOR 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.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence44 min
Oct 10, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar25 min
Oct 10, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman32 min
Oct 10, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Marion, Walker35 min
Oct 10, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker32 min
Oct 10, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount26 min
Oct 10, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall55 min
Oct 10, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson34 min
Oct 10, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens52 min
Oct 10, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa51 min
Oct 10, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens18 min
Oct 10, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman27 min
Oct 10, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.