Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1992, 7:41 PM CDT for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1992, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dallas County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 1003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 040043 SVRMGM ALC047-040145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 741 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...DALLAS COUNTY RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL 20 MILES WEST OF SELMA ALABAMA MOVING EAST AT 25 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, Jun 3, 3:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 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, 2 hours 54 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, 2 hours 9 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, 1 hour 57 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
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:44 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
FLZ001-004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-040035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 635 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT F
Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:55 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
655 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992
TIME EVENT
635 PM TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN EXCEL IN MONROE COUNTY
ALONG WITH DIME SIZE HAIL. REPORTED BY STATE TROOPER
OFFICE IN EVERGREEN.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.