Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1992, 5:09 PM CDT for Butler County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1992, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 262210 SVRMGM ALC013-262315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 509 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...BUTLER COUNTY RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF GEORGIANA MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. 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, May 26, 11:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 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.
Local storm report, May 26, 3:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 320 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 TIME EVENT 315 PM NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST WEST OF ATMORE AL
Special weather statement, May 26, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE AT 345 PM CDT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...WALTON...OKALOOSA...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...AND BAY...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 325PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...WEST ALONG THE ALABAMA BORDER TO THE MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS IN THE AREA OF...OR NEAR THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEj ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND MOVE QUICKLY TO A PROTECTED SHELTER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, May 26, 4:37 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 436 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA EXPIRED AT 415 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 260 CONTINUES FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 427 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EXTREME EASTERN CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF ATMORE AT 315 PM IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER REPORTS IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY INCLUDE TREES DOWNED AT 340 PM NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF KIRKLAND ALONG HIGHWAY 41. ELSEWHERE...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN PERRY AND WESTERN GREENE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY APPRISED OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 4:44 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 435 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA ...WALTON...OKALOOSA...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...AND BAY AND ALL AJOINING COASTAL WATERS... AT 430 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR THE FLORIDA STATE LINE IN COVINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA WESTWARD OVER SOUTH- WEST ALABAMA INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDER- SHOWERS WERE MOVING INTO ESCAMBIA...NORTHERN SANTA ROSA NORTHEAST HOLMES COUNTIES FLORIDA. PERSONS IN THE AREA OF...OR NEAR THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND MOVE QUICKLY TO A PROTECTED SHELTER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 44 min |
| May 26, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 69 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.