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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1992, 1:02 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1992, 1:02 PM CDT (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1992, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 051802 TORHSV ALC077-051900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 102 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT IN NORTH ALABAMA ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY AT 1250 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR BLUEWATER IN EASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY JUST EAST OF KILLEN MOVING NORLTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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, Jul 5, 11:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
ALZ004>009-051835-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1151 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
AT 1150 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM NORTHWEST ALABAMA INTO FAYETTE AND PICKENS COUNTY...ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD AFFECT
WINSTON...WALKER AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.
RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA NEED TO CONTINUE MONITORING WEATHER
CONDITIONS. IF THREATING WEATHER APPEARS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.Special weather statement, Jul 5, 11:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
ALZ004>009-051835-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR HEADING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1155 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
AT 1150 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM NORTHWEST ALABAMA INTO FAYETTE AND PICKENS COUNTY...ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD AFFECT
WINSTON...WALKER AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.
RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA NEED TO CONTINUE MONITORING WEATHER
CONDITIONS. IF THREATING WEATHER APPEARS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson, Marshall | 69 min |
| Jul 5, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Cleburne | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 42 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.