Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 12, 1992, 2:34 PM CST for Dale County, Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 12, 1992, 2:34 PM CST (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 1992, 3:30 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2:45 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Houston, AL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 122036 RRA SVRMGM ALC045-067-069-122130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 234 PM CST THU NOV 12 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ...DALE COUNTY...HENRY COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN DALE AND GENEVA COUNTIES AT 235 PM CST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING HENRY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. 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.
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 12, 11:36 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-121825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1135 AM CST THU NOV 12 1992 AT 1135 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM EVERGREEN ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND CONTINUED OVER COASTAL ALABAMA TO PASCAGOULA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AS EVIDENCED BY MOBILE WHICH RECEIVED AN INCH AND A HALF IN A SHORT PERIOD AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE APPROACHING STORMS AND BE READY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE COVER AS N ECESSARY OR IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED NEAR APALACHICOLA.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 12:31 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-121925- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1235 PM CST THU NOV 12 1992 AT 1235 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM ANDALUSIA ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA THEN CONTINUED OVER COASTAL ALABAMA TO DAUPHIN ISLAND AND THE NEARBY COASTAL WATERS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AS EVIDENCED BY MOBILE WHICH RECEIVED 2.50 INCHES WHEN THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH THE AREA. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE APPROACHING STORMS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY OR IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. OTHER SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE NEAR THE APALACHICOLA RIVER AND IN THE GULF NEAR APALACHICOLA AND PANAMA CITY.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 1:12 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
FLZ001>004-122000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 105 PM CST THU NOV 12 1992 A NARROW BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SPREADING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITY AND CREATING BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR MAY BE EXPECTED ALONG THE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS AS THE STROMS SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE AHCTION IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED OR APPEAR IMMINENT.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 1:23 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-122030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 123 PM CST THU NOV 12 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MOBILE COUNTY CANCELED... ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR THE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS EXPIRED... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MOBILE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF MOBILE COUNTY. WHILE THE MOBILE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT MEASURED OVER 3.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM NO FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED. AT 115 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTOMS FROM NEAR ANDALUSIA ALABAMA TO PENSACOLA FLORIDA THEN SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE GULF TO NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 1:33 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-122025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 135 PM CST THU NOV 12 1992 ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA EAST TO FT WALTON BEACH. AT 135 PM CST...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM ANDALUSIA ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO PENSACOLA THEN CONTINUED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS ANOTHER 50 MILES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE FOR ROUGH SEAS. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE APPROACHING STORMS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY OR IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 2:34 PM CST, 0 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-122125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 235 PM CST THU NOV 12 1992 ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY. AT 225 PM CST...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR DOTHAN SOUTHWEST TO DESTIN THEN CONTINUED SOUTHWEST 100 MILES INTO THE GULF. RAIN AND SHOWERS STRETCHED WEST 75 MILES BEHIND THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE WESTERN EDGE NEAR MOBILE. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY SILL CONTAIN SOME GUSTY WINDS SO PEOPLE IN THE EAST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 11:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Nov 12, 1:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Dale | 65 min |
| Nov 12, 1:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw, Pike | 67 min |
| Nov 12, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Houston | 54 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.