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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL

April 11, 1992Houston County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1992, 7:53 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1992, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Houston County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1992-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1190 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1992-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 120056
SVRMGM
ALC069-120200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
753 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICARES A THUNDERSTORM OVER DOTHAN AND DRIFTING NORTHEAST.
REPORTS OF GOLF BALL HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
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.  MOTOKRISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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, Apr 11, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
ALZ015-120015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
610 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SECTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA...

AT 605 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE WAS INDICATING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CONECUH AND NORTHERN ESCAMBIA
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED NEAR
THE COMMUNITIES OF REPTON AND LENOX IN CONECUH COUNTY AND EXTENDED
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF
APPLETON AND WALLACE.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD AND MAY
SOON AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF CASTLEBERRY AND KIRKLAND.  PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP APPRISED OF C;HANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
FLZ001>004-120130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
650 PM CST SAT APR 11 1992

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT...
DENSE COASTAL FOG HAS FORMED IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE REDUCING
VISIBILITIES IN THE COASTAL AREAS BETWEEN NAVARRE AND DESTIN.  AS
THE TEMPERATURE COOLS TONIGHT THE FOG SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
SPREAD INTO MORE AREAS OF THE PANHANDLE.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BE OUT TONIGHT...BE PREPARED TO DRI+VE SLOWLY
IN THE FOG...USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.

CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE IN THE FOGGY AREAS BY 9 TO 10 AM FRIDAY
MORNING.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.