Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1992, 5:35 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1992, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harrison County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 262245 SVRMOB MSC047-262315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 535 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY AT 530 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS NEAR BAY ST LOUIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL SOON AFFECT THE AREAS OF PASS CHRISTIAN...LONG BEACH AND GULFPORT. PERSONS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL WATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
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
Local storm report, May 26, 3:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 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 51 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, 58 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, 51 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, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.