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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Mobile, AL

November 4, 1992Henry County, Alabama

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1992-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 624 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1992-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.
 
 
 
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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
FLZ001-002-003-004-040935-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
235 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992

AT 230 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
AROUND THE DESTIN AREA...AND EXTENDED FROM THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTHWEST
OF DESTIN ACROSS DESTIN AND FREEPORT AND ON NORTHEAST INTO WEST HOLMES
COUNTY.
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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 6:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile55 min
Nov 4, 7:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile33 min
Nov 4, 7:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin57 min
Nov 4, 8:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin63 min
Nov 4, 10:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock, Macon, Pike57 min
Nov 4, 11:20 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBDale40 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.