Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 7:48 AM CST for Coosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 1992, 7:48 AM CST (13:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 8:45 AM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coosa County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 296 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
- 484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 221348 SVRMGM ALC037-221445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 748 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...COOSA COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST COOSA COUNTY...BETWEEN KELLY'S CORNERS AND PENTONVILLE...AT 750 AM CST. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 5:31 AM CST, 2 hours 17 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, 1 hour 28 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 T HREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 6:28 AM CST, 1 hour 20 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. &
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 6:37 AM CST, 1 hour 11 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 7:29 AM CST, 19 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-221315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 730 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA EXCEPT MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND CLARKE... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS... AT 725 AM CST THE MOBILE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN MONROE AND WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF CASTLEBERRY AND EVERGREEN IN CONECUH COUNTY AND FLOMATON AND BREWTON IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN ESCAMBIA AND CONECUH COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINS ...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING OVER THE NEXT HOUR. ELSEWHERE...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. 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 SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 7:35 AM CST, 13 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-221430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 740 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 730 AM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD TO ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF FLORIDA AND INTO THE GULF 125 MILES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE IN SOUTH ALABAMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEASTERLY AROUND 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS FOLLOWED AND PRECEEDED THE LINE FROM COASTAL MISSISSIPPI ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TO HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AROUND 30 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 5:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 63 min |
| Nov 22, 6:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga | 66 min |
| Nov 22, 8:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Tallapoosa | 67 min |
| Nov 22, 9:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 55 min |
| Nov 22, 9:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore, Macon | 55 min |
| Nov 22, 10:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lee | 65 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.