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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Mobile, AL

November 4, 1992Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 4, 1992, 6:35 AM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 1992, 6:35 AM CST (12:35 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 1992, 7:30 AM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Mobile County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 255 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1992-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1992-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 041236
SVRMOB
ALC097-041330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
635 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...MOBILE COUNTY
 
AT 635 AM CST MOBILE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR CITRONELLE TO JUST WEST OF THE MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT TO GRAND
BAY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER.X..
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, 3:40 AM CST, 2 hours 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 4:42 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-041245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
443 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...

MOBILE RADAR AT 440 AM CST SHOWED A RATHER LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND
ALABAMA. ONE OF THE STRONGER STORMS AT 435 AM WAS JUST NORTH OF MOBILE.
THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE IN STRENGTH DURING THE NEXT
FEW HOURS AS THEY CONTINE TO MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
REGION.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORfNADOES CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO OCCUR WITH
LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE PREPARED TO PROTECT YOURSELF IF SEVERE WEATHER
THREATENS YOUR AREA OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 4:43 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
FLZ001-002-003-004-041135-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
435 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 9AM...

AT 430 AM CST...PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OVER THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
THE MAIN CONCENTRATION WAS OVER THE WESTERN 75 MILES OF THE PANHANDLE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOSTLY OVER NORTH SANTA ROSA COUNTY...AND NORTH
WALTON COUNTY.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

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 SHOULDh TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS
SIGHTED OR APPEARS IMMINENT.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 5:49 AM CST, 46 minutes before
FLZ001-002-003-004-041235-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
535 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 9AM...

AT 530 AM CST...PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OVER THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOSTLY BETWEEN CRESTVIEW AND BONIFAY...AND OVER
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HOLMES COUNTY ALONG THE ALABAMA BORDER.
SHOWERS WERE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN MOBILE BAY AND DESTIN.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
HEAVY RAIN...WAS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.
SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR STOCKTON...10 MILES WEST
OF MOBILE...AND NORTH OF CHATOM AND JACKSON IN ALABAMA.
IN MISSISSIPPI THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR GULFPORT AND IN THE
COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF GULFPORT.
HE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREA...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MILES AN 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 6:10 AM CST, 25 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-041415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
610 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 AM FOR PARTS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS...

AT 605 AM CST RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR CALVERT TO WILMER TO HURLEY
AND SOUTHWEST TO OCEAN SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LUCEDALE MISSISSIPPI...WILMER AND CITRONELLE HAVE ALL REPORTED VERY
HEAVY RAIN WITHIN THE HOUR ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. CITRONELLE DID REPORT
A TREE DOWN ON A POWER LINE IN THAT COMMUNITY SHORTLY BEFORE 6 AM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. THE STRONGER STORMS SHOULD BE
MOVING INTO THE PASCAGOULA AND MOBILE AREAS DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE
TO WORK AND SCHOOL.

THESE STORMS DO CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED IF THE
THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE IN STRENGTH OR A A REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS
RECEIVED.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS AND MARINE
INTEREST SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTY SHIFTING WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN OR
NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PLEASE BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFTEY ON SHORT NOTICE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CAN AND DO OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING.

&
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 6:11 AM CST, 24 minutes before
FLZ001-002-003-004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-0041235
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
535 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 9AM...

AT 530 AM CST...PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OVER THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHNADLE.WERE REPORTING
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOSTLY BETWEEN CRESTVIEW AND BONIFAY...AND OVER
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HOLMES COUNTY ALONG THE ALABAMA BORDER.
SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWEAST LOUISIANA AND THE AJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY
WINDS AROUND 45 MPH AND CAUSING ROUGH SEAS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

PERSONS IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS SHOULD PREPARE
FOR THESE CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PORTECTIVE ACTION IF
THREATNING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR APPEARS IMMINENT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 4:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHenry40 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.