Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 4, 1992, 4:35 AM CST for Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 1992, 4:35 AM CST (10:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 1992, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 041037 SVRMGM ALC067-041115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 435 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ...HENRY COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY ALABAMA SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST HENRY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT TREES DOWN AND TORN ROOFS OFF IN HALEBERG. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND ZOCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 4, 12:52 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
FLZ001-002-003-004-040735- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1235 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992 AT 1230 AM CST...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDER- STORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND...WAS OVER THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...AND INTO THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS TO 75 MILES OFFSHORE. THE MAIN CONCENTRATION OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN WAS OVER THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL WATERS FROM PERDIDO BAY TO JUST EAST OF DESTIN...AND EXTENDING INLAND AROUND THE FORT WALTON AND DESTIN AREAS ACROSS CRESTVIEW AND INTO SOUTH ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AND HOUR CAUSING ROUGH SEAS... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERNSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IS THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR APPEARS IMMINENT.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 1:40 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
FLZ001-002-003-004-040835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 135 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992 AT 130 AM CST...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDER- STORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND...WAS OVER THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...AND INTO THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS TO 75 MILES OFFSHORE. THE MAIN CONCENTRATION OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN WAS OVER THE COASTAL AREAS AND COASTAL WATERS FROM PERDIDO BAY AND AROUND THE PENSACOLA AREA TO AROUND THE FORT WALTON AND DESTIN AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AND HOUR CAUSING ROUGH SEAS... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATERS IS SIGHTED OR APPEARS IMMINENT.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 2:40 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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rPREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR APPEARS IMMINENT.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 3:35 AM CST, 1 hour before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-041130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 335 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 9AM CST...... ...MOBILE...BALDWIN...ESCAMBIA...CONECUH AND MONROE COUNTIES IN ALABAMA ...MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES ARE PERRY...GREENE...GEORGE...STONE...JACKSON ...HARRISON...HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER... AT 330 AM MOBILE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE JUST WEST OF BEAUMONT MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS MORNING PRODUCING THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFTEY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN OR A WARNING ISSUED. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER OR POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATtEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 3:40 AM CST, 55 minutes before
FLZ001-002-003-004-041035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 9AM... AT 330 AM CST...LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDER- STORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND...WAS OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS. THE MAIN CONCENTRATION OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN WAS FROM JUST EAST OF DESTIN ACROSS FREEPORT AND TO NEAR BONIFAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AND HOUR CAUSING ROUGH SEAS... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR APPEARS IMMINENT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 6:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 55 min |
| Nov 4, 7:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 33 min |
| Nov 4, 7:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 57 min |
| Nov 4, 8:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 63 min |
| Nov 4, 10:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock, Macon, Pike | 57 min |
| Nov 4, 11:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Dale | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1992Every severe thunderstorm 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.