Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 25, 1992, 3:46 AM CST for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 1992, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 1992, 5:45 AM CST
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Covington County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 KMGM 250951 SVRMGM ALC039-251145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 346 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...COVINGTON COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT CENTERVILLE AND SKYWARN PERSONNEL INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR INTO COVINGTON COUNTY FROM FLORIDA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO AND PAST OPP. 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 25, 12:44 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1230 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOBILE AREA EAST OVER MOST OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 AM CST. IT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY ...WASHINGTON...AND HOLMES... AT 1230 AM CST...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TIP OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA...ACROSS MOBILE BAY ALABAMA THEN 250 MILES IMTO THE GULF. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AHEAD OF THE LINE...WERE IN CLUSTERS OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND GULF. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLIDING NORTHEASTWARD AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 1:10 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-250915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 111 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAS BEEN REDEFINED AND INCLUDES BALDWIN...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 8 AM CST... ...MOBILE...WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND MONROE COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH AREA... AT 110 AM CST RADAR SHOWS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH HEAY RAIN FROM NEAR ATMORE TO FAIRHOPE ANS SOUTHWEST ACROSS DAUPHIN ISLAND INTO THE GULF. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. SOME STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING INTO FAIRHOPE AND DAPHNE AND ANOTHER JUST SOUTH OF ATMORE. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION AND STAY ALERT TO C(HANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 1:49 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-250830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 140 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA.. OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY...WASHINGTON...HOLMES...AND JACKSON...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS. AT 130 AM CST...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TIP OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND MOBILE BAY ALABAMA HAD MOVED LITTLE DURING THE PAST HOUR. HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN LINES WERE MOVING FROM THE GULF INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM PENSACOLA TO CRESTVIEW. THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID STREETS AND ROADS WITH STANDING WATER.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 2:36 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-251030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 235 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BALDWIN...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 8 AM... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... AT 230 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM EVERGREEN TO GULFSHORES AND THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. HEAVIEST RAINSHOWERS NTHUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY NEAR SEMINOLE...ELBERTA AND GULFSHORES...AND ALSO MOVING INTO SOUTHERN ESCAMB COUNTY BETWEEN ATMORE AND DIXONVILLE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUALLY MOVING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. BALDWIN COUNTY EMA REPORTS THAT STATE ROAD 287 BETWEEN BAY MINETTE AND RABUN HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. WATER HAD BEEN RUNNING OVER ALABAMA 83 IN EVERGREEN BUT HAS SINCE DRAINED OFF. MOTORIST DRIVING THROUGH THE FLASH FLOOD AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WATER ON THE ROADS. DONT DRIVE IN FLOODED AREAS WHERE YOU ARE UNCERTAIN OF THE WATER DEPTHS. REMEMBER... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA AND PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. &
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 2:46 AM CST, 1 hour before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010>018-MSZ012>014-250930-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT[AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
240 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992
...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA
FROM ESCAMBIA COUNTY EAST TO THE APALACHICOLA RIVER...
AT 230 AM CST...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE IN A
LINE FROM NEAR COLUMBUS GEORGIA SOUTHWEST ACROSS ALABAMA AND THE WEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA.
THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST...ALONG THE LINE...AT 40 MPH.
AS THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.
FLOODING IS LIKELY IN LOW AREAS WITH POOR RUNOFF AS HEAVY RAIN MOVES
OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID ROADS AND AREAS WITH
STANDING WATER.
tSpecial weather statement, Nov 25, 3:36 AM CST, 10 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010>018-MSZ012>014-251030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 AM CST WED NOV 25 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA FROM ESCAMBIA COUNTY EAST TO THE APALACHICOLA RIVER... AT 330 AM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN LARGE CLUSTERS OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT GULF. THE STORMS WERE MOST NUMEROUS FROM ANDALUSIA...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...TO PENSACOLA AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM AREA THAT BEGAN NEAR COLUMBUS GEORGIA AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST OVER ALABAMA... NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND THE GUL F TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AND SOUTHWEAT AROUND 10 MPH. STREET AND LOW AREA FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS DUMP HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
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 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, 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.