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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL

March 30, 1992Dallas County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1992, 6:00 AM CST for Dallas County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 1992, 6:00 AM CST (12:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1992, 7:00 AM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1992-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1992-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 301201
SVRMGM
ALC047-131-301300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
600 AM CST MON MAR 30 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...DALLAS COUNTY...WILCOX COUNTY
 
AT 556 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
THE DALLAS...MARENGO...AND WILCOX COUNTY LINE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 12:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia33 min
Mar 30, 1:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington60 min
Mar 30, 1:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia39 min
Mar 30, 1:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeneva64 min
Mar 30, 1:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw64 min
Mar 30, 2:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHenry60 min
Mar 30, 2:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHouston43 min
Mar 30, 2:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPike43 min
Mar 30, 3:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHenry47 min
Mar 30, 3:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock69 min

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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.