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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Mobile, AL

November 24, 1992Baldwin County, Alabama

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1992-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 463 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1992-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh45 min
Nov 25, 1:31 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBButler4 hr
Nov 25, 2:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBCrenshaw4 hr
Nov 25, 2:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBLee, Macon4 hr
Nov 25, 2:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBBullock, Pike4 hr
Nov 25, 2:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBChambers4 hr
Nov 25, 3:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington119 min
Nov 25, 7:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBPike3 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.