Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 1992, 7:16 PM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 1992, 7:16 PM CST (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 1992, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 250116 SVRMOB ALC003-250145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 716 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY INCLUDING BAYS...INLETS...AND INLAND WATERWAYS AT 713 PM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GULF SHORES MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE NEAR OR JUST EAST OF GULF SHORES AND PASS NEAR ORANGE BEACH. RESIDENTS ALONG THE COASTAL STRIP FROM GULF SHORES TO PERDIDO BAY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM. 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 24, 3:33 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-242240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON AND BAY COUNTIES FLORIDA AS RAIN CONTINUES... AT 330 PM CST...A BAND OF RAIN AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED THROUGH THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INTO THE COASTAL WATERS TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA. THE BAND OF STORMS SHOWED LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT. THE INDIVIUAL STORMS IN THE BAND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE COUNTIES MENTIONED SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE CHANCE OF FLOODING. OTHER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IDF CON- DITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 4:10 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-241530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 410 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND FOR MOBILE...BALDWIN...CLARKE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS... ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 5 PM CST... AT 400 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ALABAMA...MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS. FURTHER WESTWARD...RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO THE SOUTHERN COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. < RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ARE URGED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER SITUATION TONIGHT. LISTEN AND MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION IN ADDITION TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WATCHES OR WARNINGS WHICH ARE ISSUED. SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOU LOCATION...BE" PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 4:37 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 430 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON AND BAY COUNTIES FLORIDA AS RAIN CONTINUES. THE BIGGEST THREAT OF FLOODING CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE FOR BAY COUNTY. AT 430 PM CST...A LINE OF RAIN AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CALHOUN COUNTY OF FLORIDA WEST ACROSS BAY COUNTY AND OVER WATER TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA. THE BAND OF STORMS SHOWED LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT. THE INDIVIUAL STORMS IN THE BAND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE COUNTIES MENTIONED SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE CHANCE OF FLOODING. OTHER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IF CON- DITIONS WARRANT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE COAST WEST OF PENSACOLA.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 5:28 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 530 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON AND BAY COUNTIES FLORIDA AS RAIN CONTINUES. THE BIGGEST THREAT OF FLOODING CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE FOR BAY COUNTY. AT 530 PM CST...A LINE OF RAIN AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CALHOUN COUNTY OF FLORIDA WEST ACROSS BAY COUNTY AND OVER WATER TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA. THE BAND OF STORMS SHOWED LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT. THE INDIVIUAL STORMS IN THE BAND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE COUNTIES MENTIONED SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE CHHANCE OF FLOODING. OTHER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IF CON- DITIONS WARRANT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND NEW ORLEANS.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 6:20 PM CST, 56 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-250215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 620 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AS WELL AS MOBILE...BALDWIN...WASHINGTON...CLARKE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 9 PM CST TONIGHT... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 616 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING FROM BON SECOUR BAY INTO SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES...RESIDENTS IN MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...FOLEY...ELBERTA AND BON SECOUR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ALL RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TONIGHT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 6:26 PM CST, 50 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 630 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING LESS NUMEROUS IN THE PANAMA CITY AREA BUT BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS SOUTH THROUGH WEST OF PENSACOLA... AT 630 PM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BECOMING NUMEROUS SOUTH THROUGH WEST OF PENSACOLA. STRONGEST STORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE BAY AND NEAR GULF SHORES ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM CALHOUN COUNTY OF FLORIDA WEST ACROSS BAY COUNTY AND OUT OVER THE GULF. THESE STORMS...PREVIOUSLY IN A SOLID LINE...WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING. MOVEMENTS WERE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 45 min |
| Nov 25, 1:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler | 4 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 4 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Lee, Macon | 4 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Bullock, Pike | 4 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Chambers | 4 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 119 min |
| Nov 25, 7:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Pike | 3 hr |
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.