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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL

May 26, 1992Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1992, 3:01 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1992, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1992, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Mobile County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1992-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1740 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1992-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
1740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 262001
SVRMOB
ALC097-262045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
301 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY
 
 
 
AT 300 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER NORTHERN MOBILE
COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF CHUNCHULA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
20 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR THE I65 BRIDGE OVER THE MOBILE RIVER DURING
THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGH8TNING...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, May 26, 10:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
ALC097-MSC059-261615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1008 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI
CANCELED...

AT 1005 AM CDT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AT HURLEY
MISSISSIPPI HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO MOBILE COUNTY ALABAMA.  THIS
STORM IS NO LONGER A THREAT TO JACKSON COUNTY AND THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

AS THE STORM MOVES OVER SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN MAY PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, May 26, 11:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
ALZ016-MSZ013-261715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1113 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COAST...

AT 1110 AM CDT MOBILE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSRORMS
FROM NEAR BILOXI TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT NOON.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS EXTENDED FROM PASCAGOULA TO SOUTH
MOBILE COUNTY AND ACROSS MOBILE BAY INTO BALDWIN COUNTY. THIS AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE LAST
HOUR...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS
THEY MOVE ACROSS MOBILE BAY. BOATERS AND FISHERMAN SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER
EYE ON THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFTERY IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia69 min
May 26, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler66 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.