Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 1992, 6:29 PM CST for Greene County, Hale County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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
- Feb 25, 1992, 6:29 PM CST (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 1992, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 6:45 PM CST | Hail 1 | Greene, AL | |
| Feb 25, 6:55 PM CST | Hail 1 | Hale, AL | |
| Feb 25, 6:55 PM CST | Hail 1 | Tuscaloosa, 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 690 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 260030 SVRBHM ALC125-063-065-260115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 629 PM CST TUE FEB 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...GREENE COUNTY...HALE COUNTY AT 625 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN GREENE COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS RAPIDLY MOVING INTO HALE AND SOUTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. IT WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF AKRON...MOUNDVILLE...AND DUNCANVILLE. HAIL WAS INDICATED WITH THIS STORM. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED AS IT MOVES RAPIDLY EASTWARD. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN jINTERIOR 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.
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, Feb 25, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1 30 PM CST TUE FEB 25 1992 WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AT 1 30PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM TUSKEGEE SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CRENSHAW COUNTY NORTH OF DOZIER. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN EASTERN BARBOUR... HENRY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS MAY OCCUR NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST. STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WERE REPORTED AT WICKSBURG DURING THE PAST HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 25, 4:50 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
ALZ008-013-260130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 450 PM CST TUE FEB 25 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO ENTER WEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON... WEATHER RADARS AT MERIDIAN AND CENTREVILLE SHOW A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME EAST MISSISSIPPI ABOUT TO ENTER PICKENS... SUMTER AND NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WERE REPORTED IN MISSISSIPPI WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT WHICH EXTENDS FROM JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO CENTREVILLE. SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 70'S...MAKING THE ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION...A SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE ALONG THIS STATIONARY FRONT AND MAY TRIGGER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AS IT MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.
Special weather statement, Feb 25, 5:46 PM CST, 43 minutes before
ALZ008-013-260100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 545 PM CST TUE FEB 25 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON... WEATHER RADAR AT CENTREVILLE SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE INDICATED WITH THIS STORM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO GREENE COUNTY. PERSONS IN GREENE COUNTY SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MORE THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSISSIPPI HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT. A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT WHICH WILL LIKELY TRIGGER MORE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OVER WEST AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 45 min |
| Feb 25, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 30 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.