Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 8:27 AM CST for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 1992, 8:27 AM CST (14:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 497 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHSV 221429 TORHSV ALC071-221530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 827 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CST IN NORTH ALABAMA ...JACKSON COUNTY AT 826 THIS MORNING RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WEST NORTHWEST OF FORT PAYNE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS TORNADO HAS PRODUCED DAMAGE AS IT WAS MOVING THROUGH DE KALB COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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, Nov 22, 5:10 AM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
ALZ010-011-014-017-221215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 510 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH 915 IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL 9AM CST... AT 455 AM CST RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH STRETCHED ACROSS WEST ALABAMA FROM NORTH OF TUSCALOOSA THROUGH DEMOPOLIS TO NEAR MOBILE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Nov 22, 6:17 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
618 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992
REPORTS FROM CULLMAN COUNTY INDICATE TREES DOWN IN THE EVA AREA
AND DAMAGE TO SOME STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF CULLMAN. THESE REPORTS
CAME TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM THE CULLMAN COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE THROUGH THE ALABAMA STATE TROOPER POST IN DECATUR. THESE
EVENTS OCCURRED DURING THE LAST 15 TO 20 MINUTES.
]Local storm report, Nov 22, 6:24 AM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
625 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992
PICKENS COUNTY...AROUND 330 AM...AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF PEOPLE
INJURED WHEN THEY WERE TRAPPED IN OVERTURNED MOBILE HOMES NEAR
ETHELSVILLE.
NEAR GORDO IN PICKENS COUNTY...BETWEEN 455 AND 5 AM...DAMAGE TO CHICKEN
HOUSE AND A LARGE UTILITY BUILDING.
]Local storm report, Nov 22, 6:53 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
655 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992
FROM PICKENS COUNTY...REPORT THAT 7 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN DAMAGE
THAT OCCURRED SOUTH OF ETHELSVILLE EARLIER THIS MORNING. N,ON OF THE
INJURIES WERE SERIOUS.
]Local storm report, Nov 22, 7:22 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 720 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 REPORTS FROM SKYWARN SPOTTERS IN DALLAS COUNTY... 0640 AM CST...WIND GUST TO 50 MPH AND INTENSE LIGHTNING IN SELMA. 0645 rAM CST...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NEAR SUMMERFIELD...IN NORTH DALLAS COUNTY. WILFING
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 8:09 AM CST, 18 minutes before
ALZALL-FLZ001-002-221500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 810 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR LARGE PART OF EASTERN ALABAMA UNTIL 1 PM... TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN ALABAMA. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN UNDER A WATCH... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 916 UNTIL 1 PM... IN NORTH ALABAMA 9 COUNTIES... CALHOUN CHEROKEE CLAY CLEBURNE DE KALB ETOWAH JACKSON RANDOLPH TALLADEGA IN SOUTH ALABAMA 18 COUNTIES... BARBOUR BULLOCK CHAMBERS COFFEE COOSA COVINGTON CRENSHAW DALE ELMORE GENEVA HENRY HOUSTON LEE MACON MONTGOMERY PIKE RUSSELL TALLAPOOSA IN ADDITION TO THAT TORNADO WATCH...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 915 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MARSHALL ST. CLAIR BUTLER CONECUH ESCAMBIA MONROE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 915 IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF... ESCAMBIA SANTA ROSA OKALOOSA WALTON ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS WILL BE FORTH COMING FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 3:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 48 min |
| Nov 22, 3:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 69 min |
| Nov 22, 4:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 54 min |
| Nov 22, 4:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 51 min |
| Nov 22, 4:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 46 min |
| Nov 22, 5:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 36 min |
| Nov 22, 5:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 41 min |
| Nov 22, 5:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 65 min |
| Nov 22, 5:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 35 min |
| Nov 22, 6:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 59 min |
| Nov 22, 6:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 29 min |
| Nov 22, 6:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 52 min |
| Nov 22, 6:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 65 min |
| Nov 22, 6:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 43 min |
| Nov 22, 6:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 33 min |
| Nov 22, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 67 min |
| Nov 22, 7:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 33 min |
| Nov 22, 7:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 72 min |
| Nov 22, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 60 min |
| Nov 22, 8:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 41 min |
| Nov 22, 8:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 55 min |
| Nov 22, 8:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 52 min |
| Nov 22, 8:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 52 min |
| Nov 22, 9:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 42 min |
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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.