Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1992, 3:01 PM CST for Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 6, 1992, 3:01 PM CST (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1992, 3:40 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marshall County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 3:22 PM CST | Hail 1 | Marshall, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 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 6, 1:38 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-062100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 138 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992 AT 135 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BORDERS OF WINSTON...WALKER AND CULLMAN COUNTIES NEAR SMITH LAKE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF CULLMAN BY 2 PM. STRONG WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AS HEAVY RAIN WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBITIES AND MAKE ROADS HAZARDOUS.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 2:16 PM CST, 45 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-062115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 215 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992 AT 212 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH CULLMAN COUNTY AT 30 TO 35 MPH. CULLMAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN VINEMONT JUST NORTH OF CULLMAN WITH REPORTS OF SOME TREE LIMBS DOWN. STRONG WIND...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM SIMILAR TO CONDITIONS ALREADY REPORTED. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER TURNS UNUSALLY THREATENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION SINCE HEAVY RAIN WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZAR%DOUS. WITH THE PRESENT MOVEMENT...THE STORM SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH CULLMAN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 2:46 PM CST, 15 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-062130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 248 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992 AT 246 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN BLOUNT COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS THE SAME STORM ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL HAIL AND STRONG...GUSTY WIND WHEN IT MOVED OVER CULLMAN COUNTY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WIND...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER TURNS UNUSALLY THREATENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS SINCE HEAVY RAIN WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. WITH THE PRESENT MOVEMENT...THE STORM SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN BLOUNT COUNTY AND WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN MARSHALL AND NORTHERN ETOWAH COUNTY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 3:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 58 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.