Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 2:45 AM CST for Harrison County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 1992, 2:45 AM CST (08:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harrison County, MS, Stone County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 220846 SVRMOB MSC047-131-220930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 245 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...HARRISON COUNTY...STONE COUNTY AT 242 AM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAUCIER MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR SUCCESS AND BEATRICE. 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 WAR8NING. 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 21, 9:49 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-220545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 948 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 ...TURBULENT WEATHER ON TAP EARLY SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 300 AM CST... A VERY INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER SERVICE RADARS ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA AT 935 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE AHEAD OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PEARL-RIVER AND HANCOCK COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 1 AND 3AM AND CONTINUE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ARRIVING AROUND DAYBREAK. THIS IS A VERY STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM AND IT IS LIKELY THAT ADDITIONAL WEATHER WATCHES WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SEVERE WEATHER COULD AFFECT YOUR AREA. MAKE PLANS TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE INSIDE YOUR HOME IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR YOU ARE AWAKENED BY STORMY WEATHER. AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR BATHROOM IS BEST. AVOID WINDOWNS.
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 10:44 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before
ALZ016-MSZ013-220545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1043 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 ...DENSE SEA FOG ONSHORE IN COASTAL SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA... SEA FOG HAS MOVED ONSHORE IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA THIS EVENING. THE VISIBILITY AT BILOXI MISSISSIPPI WAS REPORTED TO BE ZERO A SHORT TIME AGO. ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECIVED FROM THE ALABAMA COAST...IT IS LIKELY THAT SIMILAR CONDITIONS EXIST THERE. FOG WITH VISIBLITIES NEAR ZERO IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST UNTIL THE WIND INCREASES AHEAD OF A THUNDERSTORM LINE APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING IN THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI ...ESPECIALLY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10...SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION.
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 11:44 PM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-220645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1144 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM... AT 1140 PM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER PEARL-RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. THEY WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. FURTHER WEST...TO THE NORTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWAR THE NORTH-NORTHEAST. A LINE OF VERY INTENSE STORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD OVER EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AFTER MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVEjRE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 1:19 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-220815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 119 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 300 AM CST... AT 110 AM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE PEARL RIVER INTO HANCOCK AND PEARL-RIVER COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD EAST AT 30 MPH WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST UP TO LINE AROUND 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED A BIT DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OR SEVERE WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 3:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.