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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL

March 30, 1992Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1992, 12:57 PM CST for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 1992, 12:57 PM CST (18:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1992, 1:30 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 KMOB 301859
SVRMOB
ALC035-053-301930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1257 PM CST MON MAR 30 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CONECUH COUNTY...EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN ESCAMBIA
COUNTY ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN CONECUH COUNTY IN ALABAMA...
 
AT 1:00 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE WAS INDICATING
A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN CONECUH COUNTY.  THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 10 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY ALERT
TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATLEY.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, Mar 30, 12:35 PM CST, 22 minutes before
ALZ015-016-301930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1233 PM CST MON MAR 30 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

AT 1225 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE WAS INDICATING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN A LINE FROM NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA
COUNTY ALABAMA TO NORTHCENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY.  THE MOST SIGNIFICNT
ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED OVER CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY WHERE A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF ATMORE AND JUST
WEST OF FLOMATON.  MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 20
MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 12:52 PM CST, 5 minutes before
ALZ015-016-301930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1233 PM CST MON MAR 30 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

AT 1225 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE WAS INDICATING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN A LINE FROM NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA
COUNTY ALABAMA TO NORTHCENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY.  THE MOST SIGNIFICNT
ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED OVER CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY WHERE A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF ATMORE AND JUST
WEST OF FLOMATON.  MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 20
MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 6:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDallas, Wilcox60 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

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.