Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1992, 1:56 PM CST for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 1992, 1:56 PM CST (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1992, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crenshaw County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:10 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Crenshaw, AL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 301957 RRA SVRMGM ALC041-061-302100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 156 PM CST MON MAR 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...CRENSHAW COUNTY...GENEVA COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SAMSON IN GENEVA COUNTY AND JUST WEST OF DOZIER IN CRENSHAW COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STORM WEST OF DOZIER. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas, Wilcox | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 12:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 1:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Geneva | 64 min |
| Mar 30, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Henry | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Houston | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pike | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 3:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Henry | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock | 69 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.