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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Mobile, AL

June 3, 1992Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1992, 5:56 PM CDT for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1992, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 337 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 032259 COR
SVRMOB
ALC099-032345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
556 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

   ...MONROE COUNTY

AT 555 PM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LARGE HAIL IS INDICATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS NEAR MEGARGEL AND FRISCO CITY.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE 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, 2:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 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, 2 hours 27 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, 2 hours 19 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
FLZ001-004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-032235-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
435 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR ALL OF
NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

AT 430 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE EAST
PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS...AND
EXTENDED INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
THE MAIN CONCENTRATION WAS FROM AROUND THE PORT ST JOE AND APALACHICOLA
AREAS TO AROUND THE MARIANNA TO TALLAHASSEE AREAS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISS-
ISSIPPI AND EXTENDED EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO ALABAMA.
SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CHOCTAW...SUMTER...AND
CLARKE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:32 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-032000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
525 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...
...TORNADO WATCH ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 520 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING OVER CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA.  THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY HAS SINCE
DISSIPATED BUT NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF CLARKE COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF WHATLEY
...JACKSON AND CHOCTAW BLUFF.  THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH
TOWARDS THE MONROE COUNTY LINE.  STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE A POSSIBILITY WITH THESE STORMS.

ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NO
SIGNIFICANT SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR.

ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
KEEP AN EYE TO THE} SKY THIS EVENING AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER CONTINUES FOR OUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:44 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
FLZ001-004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-032335-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
535 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR ALL OF
NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

AT 530 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE
SCATTERED OVER THE EAST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE ADJOINING
COASTAL WATERS...AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
THE MAIN CONCENTRATION WAS FROM NORTHEAST OF PANAMA CITY TO AROUND
CHATTAHOOCHEE...AND FROM AROUND APALACHICOLA TO AROUND TALLAHASSEE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTH-
EAST MISSISSIPPI.
THE MAIN CONCENTRATION OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WAS 20 TO 50 MILES
NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTH OF ATMORE...AND MOVING INTO MARENGO COUNTY
ALABAMA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS
...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS AND
WATCH FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE AREA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke50 min
Jun 3, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh55 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.