Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1992, 7:09 PM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1992, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tuscaloosa County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 040009 SVRBHM ALC125-040100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 709 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AT 7:10 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHWEST TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD AFFECT RALPH AND JENA WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES...AND SHOULD MOVE EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY...AND MAY AFFECT THE TUSCALOOSA AREA BY 7:30 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SH ELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Jun 3, 1:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-031915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 115 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH 282 FOR MUCH OF SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL 7 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL 7 PM WHICH INCLUDES THE MONTGOMERY...SELMA...TROY...ANDALUSIA...OZARK... ALEXANDER CITY...AND GREENVILLE AREAS. AT 1 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF ALABAMA. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AT THIS TIME...PERSONS IN~ SOUTH ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS VERY HIGH TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RAGLAND
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-013-031930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 125 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL 7 PM... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF YET. RADAR AT 125 PM HOWEVER INDICATED A RAPIDLY EASTWARD MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND WILL BE ENTERING PARTS OF CHOCTAW...PICKENS...LAMAR...GREENE ...AND SUMTER COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR. PERSONS ESPECIALLY IN THESE AREAS AS WELL AS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA NEED TO REMAeIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED IN IN YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-032100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 305 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH 282 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAIN AND THUNDERSHOWERS MOVING THROUGH EAST ALABAMA AT 3PM CDT. NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING WEST ALABAMA AND MOVING EASTWARD AT 30MPH. SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS ARE QUITE STRONG. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED OVER SOUTH ALABAMA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS... THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES REMAINS HIGH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS IN SOUTH ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PETTIT
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:05 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-040130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 7 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT... MONTGOMERY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST AND SOUTH ALABAMA AT 7 PM CDT. THE HEAVEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES WEST OF SELMA AND NEAR PINEAPPLE IN WILCOX COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS HIGH THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN SOUTH ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.