Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 4, 1992, 10:48 AM CST for Bullock County, Macon County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 1992, 10:48 AM CST (16:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 1992, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bullock County, AL, Macon County, AL, Pike County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 041650 SVRMGM ALC011-087-109-041745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1048 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...BULLOCK COUNTY...MACON COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY AT 1045 AM CST WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A SHORT LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM TALLASSEE...SOUTH TO NEAR BRUNDIDGE...IN PIKE COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO LPRODUCE 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, 6:11 AM CST, 4 hours 37 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 6:43 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
FLZ001-002-003-004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-0041235 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 635 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 9AM... AT 630 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...EXTENDING SOUTHWEST OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE WAS APPROACHING ATMORE ALABAMA...MOBILE AND THE CHANDELEUR ISLANDS LOUISIANA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND 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 THREAfTNING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR APPEARS IMMINENT.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 7:41 AM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
FLZ001-002-003-004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-0041435 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 735 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 9AM... AT 730 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING THE NORTHWEST PART OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE WAS FROM EVERGREEN...ATMORE AND DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST MISSISS- IPPI AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND AJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MPH AND CAUSING ROUGH SEAS...AND FRE- QUENT L|IGHTNING. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THESE CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PORTECTIVE ACTION IF THREATNING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR APPEARS IMMINENT.
Local storm report, Nov 4, 9:18 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
915 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992
TIME EVENT
0555C TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE IN CITRONELLE. MOBILE CO.
0655C TRAILER DEMOLISHED AT GRANDFARM AND OLD PASCAGOULA
ROAD. NEAR MS/AL LINE MOBILE CO. NO INJURIES.
POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.
0656C TRAILER LOST ROOF AT SPICE POND RD AND LOTT RD.
N. MOBILE CO. NO INJURIES.
0700C TREE UPROOTED AND LANDED ON HOUSE AT HELENS NURSERY
ON BLACKWELL NURSERY ROAD. N MOBILE CO.
0740C TREES DOWN 1/2 MILE N OF SPANIS FORT ON HIWAY 225 IN
BALDWIN COUNTY.
0750C ROOF OFF OF TRAILER NEAR ZEAKLE RD AND BELINGRATH
ROAD IN SOUTH MOBILE COUNTY.
0845C 5 EAST OF SUMMERDALE ON HIWAY 32 POSSIBLE TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN. TREEhS DOWN AND CARS DAMAGED. BALDWIN CO.
0650C TRESS DOWN AND HOUSES DAMAGED IN SATSUMA. NO
INJURIES. NORTH MOBILE COUNTY.Special weather statement, Nov 4, 9:35 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-041630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 934 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BALDWIN...ESCAMBIA AND CONECUH COUNTIES UNTIL 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 930 AM RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE POSSIBLE IN EXTREME EASTERN ESCAMBIA AND CONECUH COUNTIES AND SOUTHEAST BALDWIN COUNTIES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS MEASURED 1.60 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT WITH MOST OF THE RAIN FALLING BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM. THE RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL TRAVERSE THE REGION LATER TODAY BRINGING AN END TO THE WARM SULTRY WEATHER REGIME AND USHERING IN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. THE RAIN...HOWEVER SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY ALERT AND STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 10:25 AM CST, 23 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-041730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1024 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992 ...CANCEL THE TORNADO WATCH FOR BALDWIN...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 1020 AM MOBILE RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM SQUALL LINE HAD MOVED EAST OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TAKING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH IT. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.
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, 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, 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.