Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 4:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Henry | 40 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.