Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 9:20 AM CST for Elmore County, Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 1992, 9:20 AM CST (15:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 10:15 AM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Elmore County, AL, Macon County, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 221520 SVRMGM ALC051-087-221615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 920 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...ELMORE COUNTY...MACON COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ELMORE AND MACON COUNTIES AT 920 AM CST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 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, 7:29 AM CST, 1 hour 51 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 45 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, 49 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, 16 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 9:10 AM CST, 10 minutes before
FLZ001>004-221526- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 910 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA HAS EXPIRED... ...THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT NORTHWEST IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE TORNADO WATCH WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 AM CST. CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES HAVE LESSENED SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING... THEREFORE MAKING A TORNADO WATCH UNECESSARY FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL CONTAIN SOME GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. THE DENSE FOG CONDITIONS OF EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE IMPROVED SO THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL BE DISCONTINUED AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 9:11 AM CST, 9 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-221315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 910 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 9 AM CST... ...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 NAUTICAL MILES. THE LINE CONTINUED MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS NOTED BY WEATHER RADAR WERE OCCURRING OFFSHORE OF THE ALABAMA COAST APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF ORANGE BEACH ALABAMA. THESE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST SOUTH OF BALDWIN COUNTY. ELSEWHERE...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE WAS DETECTING SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
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, 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, 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.