Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1992, 1:57 AM CST for Madison County, Marshall County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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 10, 1992, 1:57 AM CST (07:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1992, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 3:02 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Madison, 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHSV 100757 SVRHSV ALC089-095-103-100900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 157 AM CST TUE MAR 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CST IN NORTH ALABAMA ...MADISON COUNTY...MARSHALL COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY RADAR AT HUNTSVILLE AT 155 THIS MORNING INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF HUNTSVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SOUTH THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF MORGAN COUNTY. AT 150 THIS MORNING 50 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN EVA IN SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN AFFECT UNTIL 515 THIS MORNING FOR COLBERT COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, 8:04 PM CST, 5 hours 53 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, 3 hours 50 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 11:17 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-100615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1115 PM CST MON MAR 9 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST ALABAMA UNTIL 100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING... AT 1115 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR HUNTSVILLE ALABABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND BACK INTO LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES OF LAMAR... MARION AND PICKENS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN MISSISSIPPI. 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 1:49 AM CST, 8 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-100900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 145 AM CST TUE MAR 10 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST FOR WILCOX... DALLAS...AUTAUGA...LOWNDES...COOSA...AND CHILTON COUNTIES... AT 140 AM CST...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER WILCOX...DALLAS AND AUTAUGA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO TUSCALOOSA TO BIRMINGHAM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF WILCOX...DALLAS...AUTAUGA AND COOSA COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA NEED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER EXIST OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MED(IA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. RAGLAND
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, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 60 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, 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.