Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1992, 10:06 PM CST for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 69 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 9, 1992, 10:06 PM CST (04:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1992, 11:15 PM CST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 10:30 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Lauderdale, 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 100407 TORHSV ALC033-077-100515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1006 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CST IN NORTH ALABAMA ...COLBERT COUNTY...LAUDERDALE COUNTY HUNTSVILLE RADAR AT 1005 PM CST INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO EAST OF TUSCUMBIA MOVING TOWARDS UNDERWOOD CROSS ROADS. THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COLBERT COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 5:03 PM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 5 05PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65 FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CST...
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 5:06 PM CST, 5 hours before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 5 05PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65 FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CST... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND A FEW SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AT 5PM CST. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THE AIR OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL BECOME EVEN MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT DURING THE EVENING AND NIGHTIME HOURS. THEREFORE...PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT.
Local storm report, Mar 9, 5:49 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 548 PM CST MON MAR 09 1992 ...501 PM CST...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WERE REPORTED IN HALEYVILLE BY THE WINSTON COUNTY EMA. ...AT 502 PM CST...MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SOUTH HALEYVILLE BY THE HALEYVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. ...AT 510 PM CST...NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED 2 MILES EAST OF HALEYVILLE BY AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 7:11 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 705 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS EVENING...BUT HAS BEEN LIFTED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING SO RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. DEVAUGHN
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 7:14 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
ALZ001>014-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 710 PM CST MON MAR 9 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IS EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA UNTIL 100 AM CST... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 100 AM CST.. FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...MORGAN...MARSHALL...MARION...WINSTON...CULLMAN... WALKER...FAYETTE...LAMAR...TUSCALOOSA...PIKCKENS...AND SUMTER. NO OTHER COUNTIES IN ALABAMA ARE UNDER ANY OTHER WATCH AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 8:04 PM CST, 2 hours 2 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.
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, 10:30 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, 1:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 63 min |
| Mar 10, 3:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 59 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.