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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Mobile, AL

November 22, 1992Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 9:05 AM CST for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 1992, 9:05 AM CST (15:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1992, 10:00 AM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, AL

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 221505
SVRMGM
ALC101-221600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
905 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MONTGOMERY
COUNTY AT 905 AM CST. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MONTGOMERY AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
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 22, 6:28 AM CST, 2 hours 37 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 28 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, 1 hour 36 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 30 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, 34 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 9:04 AM CST, 1 minute before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-221315-

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

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA COUNTIES
EXPIRED AT 9 AM...

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

AT 9 AM THE MOBILE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA...ACROSS THE EASTERN
SECTIONS OF CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTY...ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
TO JUST OFFSHORE OF ORANGE BEACH ALABAMA AND INTO THE GULF FOR 75

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, 6:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga66 min
Nov 22, 7:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa57 min
Nov 22, 8:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBTallapoosa67 min
Nov 22, 9:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBElmore, Macon55 min
Nov 22, 10:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLee65 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.