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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Mobile, AL

November 22, 1992Autauga County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 6:54 AM CST for Autauga County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 1992, 6:54 AM CST (12:54 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1992, 8:00 AM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Autauga County, AL

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 22, 4:38 AM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-221130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
440 PM CST SUN NOV 22 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9AM CST THIS SUNDAY MORNING...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS MORNING...

AT 430 AM CST...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BETWEEN CRESTVIEW AND TALLAHASSEE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF JACKSON COUNTY...SOUTH OF
MARIANNA. MOVEMENTS WERE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.

A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO THE WESTERN EDGE OF
ALABAMA...NORTH OF MOBILE...AND IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MISSISSIPPI
SOUTH OF MOBILE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE IN
ALABAMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 4:54 AM CST, 2 hours before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-221200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
454 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR ALL COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL
WATER...

...TORNADO WARNINGS FOR GREEN COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND WASHINGTON COUNTY
ALABAMA HAVE EXPIRED...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 915 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR ALL
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.  THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR
ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

AT 445 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
THOMASVILLE ALABAMA TO CITRONELLE ALABAMA BAYOU LA BATRE ALABAM THE OVER
THEN GULF WATERS TO NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THE LINE
WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

POWER LINES WERE BLOW DOWN NEAR SEABOARD ALABAMA AROUND 420 AM AS A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH WASHINGTON COUNTY.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Special weather statement, Nov 22, 5:31 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-221230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
540 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9AM CST THIS SUNDAY MORNING...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS MORNING...

AT 530 AM CST...A SOLID LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
SOUTH OVER THE WESTERN EDGE OF ALABAMA...THROUGH MOBILE AND SOUTHWEST
FAR OVER THE GULF. THE THUNDERSTORMS INDICATING THE HEAVIEST RAINS
WERE IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEASTERLY AROUND
25 MPH.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
EAST OF CRESTVIEW...AND OVER THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. MOVEMENTS
WERE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 6:20 AM CST, 34 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-221315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
617 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA EXCEPT WASHINGTON...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL
WATERS...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA EXPIRED...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 915 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA UNTIL 900 AM EXCEPT WASHINGTON COUNTY.

AT 600 AM CST RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
CAMDEN ALABAMA TO DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA THEN OVER THE GULF WATERS TO
NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA EXPIRED AT 545
AM CST.  NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORT IN CLARKE COUNTY.

THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA AND THE
TORNADO WATCH FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED.  SEVERAL FUNNEL
CLOUDS WERE REPORTED OVER VINEGAR BEND AND HOWARD ALABAMA IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR SEABOARD ALABAMA ALSO IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY WHEN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH THESE
COMMUNITIES BETWEEN 410 AM AND 430 AM THIS MORNING.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS
IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Special weather statement, Nov 22, 6:28 AM CST, 26 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-221315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO LAST PARAGRAPH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
617 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA EXCEPT WASHINGTON...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL
WATERS...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA EXPIRED...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 915 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA UNTIL 900 AM EXCEPT WASHINGTON COUNTY.

AT 600 AM CST RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
CAMDEN ALABAMA TO DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA THEN OVER THE GULF WATERS TO
NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA EXPIRED AT 545
AM CST.  NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORT IN CLARKE COUNTY.

THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA AND THE
TORNADO WATCH FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED.  SEVERAL FUNNEL
CLOUDS WERE REPORTED OVER VINEGAR BEND AND HOWARD ALABAMA IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR SEABOARD ALABAMA ALSO IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY WHEN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH THESE
COMMUNITIES BETWEEN 410 AM AND 430 AM THIS MORNING.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS
IN THE WATCH AREA S8HOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Special weather statement, Nov 22, 6:37 AM CST, 17 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-221330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
640 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9AM CST THIS SUNDAY MORNING...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS MORNING...

AT 630 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTH TO SOUTH
THROUGH WESTERN ALABAMA AND FAR INTO THE GULF. THE LINE OF STORMS HAD
PASSED MOBILE AND WERE MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA
AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE WESTERN END OF FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. THE LINE HAD SLOWED AND WAS MOVING EASTERLY NEAR 20 MPHr.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE AHEAD OF THE LINE ACROSS
SOUTH ALABAMA...AND TRAILED THE LINE IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 5:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox63 min
Nov 22, 7:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa57 min
Nov 22, 8:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBTallapoosa67 min
Nov 22, 9:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery55 min
Nov 22, 9:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBElmore, Macon55 min
Nov 22, 10:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLee65 min
Nov 22, 2:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHarrison, Stone45 min
Nov 22, 3:45 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene30 min

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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.