Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1992, 4:25 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1992, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clarke County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1318 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 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 KMOB 032126 SVRMOB ALC025-032215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 425 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY AT 425 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMASVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH tLITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Jun 3, 1:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
FLZ001-004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-031930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 130 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 130 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN... SPREAD FROM NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA EAST ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE APALACHICOLA RIVER AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE HEAVIER RAIN WAS MOSTLY IN NORTHWEST WALTON COUNTY FLORIDA NEAR MOSSY HEAD. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO THIS SOURCE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND( WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-032000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 135 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE ADJACENT COASTAL AND GREENE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. AT 130 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SPANISH FORT TO NEAR CRESTVIEW FLORIDA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM WEST OF CHATOM NORTH ALONG THE STATELINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PLEASE STAY ALERT AND LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
FLZ001-004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-032030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 230 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 230 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN... WERE SCATTERED ALONG AND NEAR THE ALABAMA...FLORIDA STATE LINE FROM ATMORE EAST TO THE APALACHICOLA RIVER AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED IN THE EAST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED NEAR THE ALABAMA...MISSISSIPPI BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO THIS SOURCE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-032000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 235 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE ADJACENT COASTAL AND GREENE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. AT 230 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA NEAR STOCKTON AND ALONG THE ALABAMA ...MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE SKIRTING THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF WAHINGTON COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THESE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE TORNADO WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD STAY ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:29 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
FLZ001-004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-032130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 330 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 330 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG THE ALABAMA...FLORIDA STATE LINE...SCATTERED IN THE EAST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND IN SOUTH ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO THIS SOURCE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:37 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-032000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 335 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... ...TORNADO WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 330 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE WAS SHOWING A LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO JUST EAST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS LINE WAS INDICATED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA. THIS STORM IS MOVING INTO NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY ALABAMA AND WILL SOON AFFECT PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF WOODS BLUFF AND CAMPBELL. ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND COMMpERCIAL RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 55 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.