Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 8:38 AM CST for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports 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 22, 1992, 8:38 AM CST (14:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tallapoosa County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 8:45 AM CST | Hail 1 | Tallapoosa, AL | |
| Nov 22, 8:50 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Tallapoosa, 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
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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 221439 SVRMGM ALC123-221545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 838 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...TALLAPOOSA COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY AT 835 AM CST. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST WEST OF LAKE MARTIN AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTI ON MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 6:20 AM CST, 2 hours 18 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, 2 hours 10 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 1 hour 9 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, 1 hour 3 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 8:31 AM CST, 7 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-221525- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 835 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA WILL EXPIRE AT 900 AM CST... AT 825 AM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM MONTGOMERY SOUTHWEST TO NEAR PENSACOLA THEN CONTINUED OUT 100 MILES INTO THE GULF. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN WERE NEAR MONTGOMERY AND IN THE GULF 25 TO 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER THIS MORNING AS THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. OTHER SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AHEAD OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BEHIND THE LINE.
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, 7:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coosa | 57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.