Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Nov 25, 1992, 7:05 AM CST for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 1992, 7:05 AM CST (13:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 1992, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 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 KMGM 251309 FFWMGM ALC109-251600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 705 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...PIKE COUNTY SEVERAL BRIDGES WERE REPORTED UNDERWATER ON HIGHWAY 223 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF SACO. RUN-OFF FROM AREAS NOW SATURATED WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP SEVERAL OF THESE AREAS IN DANGER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RXISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 25, 3:36 AM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010>018-MSZ012>014-251030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA FROM ESCAMBIA COUNTY EAST TO THE APALACHICOLA RIVER... AT 330 AM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN LARGE CLUSTERS OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT GULF. THE STORMS WERE MOST NUMEROUS FROM ANDALUSIA...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...TO PENSACOLA AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM AREA THAT BEGAN NEAR COLUMBUS GEORGIA AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST OVER ALABAMA... NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND THE GUL F TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AND SOUTHWEAT AROUND 10 MPH. STREET AND LOW AREA FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS DUMP HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 4:10 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-251215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 408 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BALDWIN...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 8 AM... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES WITH BALDWIN COUNTY ADDED TO THIS WATCH AREA FOR TODAY... AT 400 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A 30 TO 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF RAINSHOWERS DTHUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM CONECUH COUNTY THROUGH ESCAMBIA...BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES AND INTO THE GULF BEYOND A HUNDRED MILES SOUTH OF GULFPORT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SOUTH OF PENSACOLA AND MOVING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. EVERGREEN STATE TROOPERS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT A LOW SPOT ON US 31 JUST A FEW MILES NORTH OF EVERGREEN. SATELLITE ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL INDICATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9PM AND 3AM IN SOUTHEAST BALDWIN COUNTY. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THESE SAME AREAS FOR AT LEAST THE REST OF THE NIGHT. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. &
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 4:35 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010>018-MSZ012>014-251130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA FROM ESCAMBIA COUNTY EAST TO THE APALACHICOLA RIVER... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST UNTIL 5PM CST... AT 430 AM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ANDALUSIA ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO CRESTVIEW...MILTON...AND PENSACOLA FLORIDA AND OVER THE GULF. THE LINE WAS MOVING EASTERLY AROUND 10 MPH. BEHIND THE THUNDERSTORM LINE...RAIN AND SHOWERS SPREAD OVER ALABAMA... MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 5:45 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010>018-MSZ012>014-251230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 440 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF FLORIDA IS NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST UNTIL 5PM CST... AT 530 AM CST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM NEAR OPP ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO CRESTVIEW...AND NAVARRE BEACH FLORIDA...THEN OVER THE GULF. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED AND THE LINE HAD MOVED OUT OF THE PENSACOLA AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THE LINE WAS IN THE GULF 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PENACOLA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MPH. RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS FOLLOWED 100 MILES BEHIND THE LINE IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 6:39 AM CST, 26 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ013-014-251445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 638 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CONECUH...ESCAMBIA...AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE...CONECUH...BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES... AT 630 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM NEAR CARLTON IN CLARKE COUNTY OF ALABAMA TO PASCAGOULA IN MISSISSIPPI AND WELL OUT INTO THE GULF. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE NEAR PENSACOLA AND ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. SINCE 6 PM ON TUESDAY GRANDBAY HAS REPORTED 1.09 INCHES OF RAINFALL WHILE SEMMES REPORTED .79 INCHES. ONE INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT THE STARE DOCKS. FAIRHOPE HAD RECEIVED 4.50 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE TUESDAY AND THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BARN IN FOLEY REPORTED 3.5 INCHES OVER THE SAME PERIOD. BALDWIN COUNTY EMA REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 20 CLOSED ON BOTH SIDES OF HIGHWAY 59 DUE TO STANDING WATER AS WELL AS BECK ROAD IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA. ALTHOUGH NO FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE LOCAL AREA MANY ROAD DHAVE STANDING WATER ON THEM AND MOTORIST SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CARE WHILE DRIVING TO WORK OR SCHOOL THIS MORNING. &
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 6:42 AM CST, 23 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010>018-MSZ012>014-251330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 640 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF FLORIDA IS NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST UNTIL 5PM CST... AT 630 AM CST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA FROM DOTHAN ALABAMA TO FT WALTON BEACH AND DESTIN FLORIDA...THEN FAR INTO THE GULF. THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRONGEST IN THE COASTAL WATERS NEAR FT WALTON AND DESTIN. THE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE THAT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. RAIN SPREAD NORTHWEST BEHIND THE LINE 100 MILES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Nov 24, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 45 min |
| Nov 25, 1:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler | 4 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 4 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Lee, Macon | 4 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Bullock, Pike | 4 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Chambers | 4 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 119 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.