Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 1992, 10:45 PM CST for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 1992, 10:45 PM CST (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 1992, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Conecuh County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 250445 SVRMOB ALC035-250530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1045 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...CONECUH COUNTY AT 1044 PM CST EGLIN AFB DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF RANGE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCdE 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, 8:31 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 830 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVINGACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA AND INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 830 PM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG AND WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...WERE OCCURRING FROM SOUTH ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF FLORIDA AND BALDWIN COUNTY OF ALAB.AMA WEST OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS TO NEW ORLEANS. SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM BAY COUNTY FLORIDA NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF GEORGIA. MOVEMENTS WERE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 9:09 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
ALZ016-MSZ013-250515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 909 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY FOR MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES AND JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... AT 900 PM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE CENTERED OVER WEST MOBILE COUNTY AND EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A SECOND BAND OF STORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BALDWIN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM BANDS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING UP THE LINES TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS CONDITION IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE SOME HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS THE AFFECTED COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. AT THE MOBILE AIRPORT...2.4O INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 21 HOURS AND AN ADDITONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BEFORE MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. DO NOT CROSS BRIDGES OR ROADS COVERED WITH SWIFTLY RUNNING WATER. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING...BE AWARE OF THE WATER LEVEL AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE IF THE WATER RISES RAPIDLY OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED(.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 9:30 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 930 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM COASTAL MISSISSIPPI EAST OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY... WASHINGTON...AND HOLMES. AT 930 PM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG AND WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...WERE OCCURRING FROM ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA WEST ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND INTO COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY OF ALABAMA. SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROMp SANTA ROSA COUNTY OF FLORIDA EAST TO THE APALACHICOLA RIVER. MOVEMENTS WERE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 10:06 PM CST, 39 minutes before
ALZ016-MSZ013-250515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1005 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 931 CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 3 AM CST... ...HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY FOR MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES AND JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... AT 955 PM THE MOBILE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM PASSED THROUGH THE CITY OF MOBILE...IT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINS ...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. < OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...COASTAL ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN INUNDATED WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. FOR THIS REASON...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION TONIGHT. THEY SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ALSO...PERSONS THAT LIVE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD STAY AWARE OF THE WATER LEVEL AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE IF THE WATER RISES RAPIDLY OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS OF COASTAL ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR THEIR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 10:14 PM CST, 31 minutes before
ALZ016-MSZ013-250515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1005 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 931 CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 3 AM CST... ...HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY FOR MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES AND JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... AT 955 PM THE MOBILE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED OVER NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM PASSED THROUGH THE CITY OF MOBILE...IT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINS ...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. < OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...COASTAL ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. FOR THIS REASON...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION TONIGHT. THEY SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ALSO...PERSONS THAT LIVE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD STAY AWARE OF THE WATER LEVEL AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE IF THE WATER RISES RAPIDLY OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS OF COASTAL ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR THEIR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 10:23 PM CST, 22 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1030 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM COASTAL MISSISSIPPI EAST OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY... WASHINGTON...AND HOLMES. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST... AT 1030 PM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG AND WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...WERE OCCURRING FROM SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE PENSACOLA AND MILTON SECTIONS OF FLORIDA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI. STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER ESCAMBIA...MOBILE ...AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE NOTED FROM SANTA ROSA COUNTY OF FLORIDA EAST TO THE APALACHICOLA RIVER. MOVEMENTS WERE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 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, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 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.