Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at Nov 25, 1992, 2:14 AM CST for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 1992, 2:14 AM CST (08:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 1992, 6:15 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crenshaw County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 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 250819 FFWMGM ALC041-251215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 214 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...CRENSHAW COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT MOST ALL STREETS IN LUVERNE ARE NOW FLOODED. ALSO COUNTY ROAD 6 AND COUNTY ROAD 39 ARE UNDER WATER. AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FLOODING IS LIKELY TO WORSEN. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. &
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 24, 10:23 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1030 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM COASTAL MISSISSIPPI EAST OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY... WASHINGTON...AND HOLMES. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST... AT 1030 PM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG AND WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...WERE OCCURRING FROM SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE PENSACOLA AND MILTON SECTIONS OF FLORIDA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI. STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER ESCAMBIA...MOBILE ...AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE NOTED FROM SANTA ROSA COUNTY OF FLORIDA EAST TO THE APALACHICOLA RIVER. MOVEMENTS WERE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 11:30 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1130 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOBILE AREA EAST OVER MOST OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 AM CST. IT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY ...WASHINGTON...AND HOLMES... AT 1130 PM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG AND WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...WERE IN A LINE FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MOBILE AREA AND INTO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH ALABAMA. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE WERE PASSING OVER NORTH ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF FLORIDA. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE NOTED OVER SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA AND OFFSHORE SOUTH OF PENSACOLA. MOVEMENTS WERE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 12:32 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ013-014-250800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1230 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 3 AM CST... AT 1225 AM CST RAIN...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FROM MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES NORTHEASTWARD. SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE LAST 5 HOURS ARE INDICATED FROM SOUTHEAST MOBILE COUNTY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN TO WESTERN CONECUH COUNTY. RAINFALL REPORTS FROM THE AREA SHOW BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ON TUESDAY. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE RAIN HAS CAUSED SOME ISOLATED FLOODING OF STREETS AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA HIGHWAYS. JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI REPORTED STREET FLOODING SOUTH OF US 90 ON BAYOU HERRIN AND ON PECAN ROAD. THE MOBILE POLIC DEPARTMENT FLOODED STREETS BETWEEN AT SUMERVILLE COURT BETWEEN SPRINGHILL AND OLD SHELL. GOVERNMENT BETWEEN MONTERREY AND HOUSTON. AND AT GOVERNMENT AND PARK TERRACE. AT OLD GOVERNMENT AND AIRPORT AND THE 400 BLOCK OF ROYAL STREET SOUTH. FLOODED STREETS ALSO BETWEEN TELEGRAPH AND THE CUTOFF AT SCOTT PAPER. WITH THE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA LITTLE IMPROVEMENT WILL TAKE PLACE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. NO FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM BALDWIN COUNTY AS OF MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER THE FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THE LOW AREAS ALONG THE FISH RIVER WILL LIKELY FLOOD AS THE RAIN CONTINUES. PERSONS THAT LIVE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD STAY AWARE OF THE WATER LEVEL AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE IF THE WATER RISES RAPIDLY OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT TONIGHT AND BE BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 12:44 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1230 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOBILE AREA EAST OVER MOST OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 AM CST. IT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY ...WASHINGTON...AND HOLMES... AT 1230 AM CST...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TIP OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA...ACROSS MOBILE BAY ALABAMA THEN 250 MILES IMTO THE GULF. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AHEAD OF THE LINE...WERE IN CLUSTERS OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND GULF. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLIDING NORTHEASTWARD AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 1:10 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-250915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 111 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAS BEEN REDEFINED AND INCLUDES BALDWIN...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 8 AM CST... ...MOBILE...WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND MONROE COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH AREA... AT 110 AM CST RADAR SHOWS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH HEAY RAIN FROM NEAR ATMORE TO FAIRHOPE ANS SOUTHWEST ACROSS DAUPHIN ISLAND INTO THE GULF. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. SOME STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING INTO FAIRHOPE AND DAPHNE AND ANOTHER JUST SOUTH OF ATMORE. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION AND STAY ALERT TO C(HANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 1:49 AM CST, 25 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 140 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA.. OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY...WASHINGTON...HOLMES...AND JACKSON...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS. AT 130 AM CST...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TIP OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND MOBILE BAY ALABAMA HAD MOVED LITTLE DURING THE PAST HOUR. HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN LINES WERE MOVING FROM THE GULF INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM PENSACOLA TO CRESTVIEW. THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID STREETS AND ROADS WITH STANDING WATER.
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, 2:40 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 |
| Nov 25, 7:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Pike | 3 hr |
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.