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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Mobile, AL

April 25, 1992Baldwin County, Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1992, 2:22 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 1992, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1992, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 00:00Z on 1992-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2235 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
2235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1149 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 250722
SVRMOB
ALC003-025-250800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
222 AM CDT SAT APR 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY
 
 
 
AT 215 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE WAS INDICATING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA NEAR THE
COMMUNITY OF CARLTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PARTICULARLY IN THE
COMMUNITIES OF NORTHWESTERN BLADWIN COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THIS
STORM MOVES THROUGH YOUR AREA.
 
 
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, Apr 25, 1:43 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-202130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
135 AM CDT SAT APR 25 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7AM CDT THIS SATURDAY
MORNING FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...AND HOLMES
COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

AT 1:30 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI FROM THE HATTIESBPURG AREA EASTWARD INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY
OF ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEASTERLY AT 25 MPH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia25 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.