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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Mobile, AL

June 15, 1992Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1992, 5:32 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1992, 5:32 AM CDT (10:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1992, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Baldwin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1992-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1522 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1992-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1340 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 15, 1:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
ALZ013-016-MSZ014-013-150815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
113 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 360 UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR PERSONS IN
PEARL RIVER...PERRY...STONE AND HANCOCK COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI.

AT 110 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG AND
POSSIBLY SEVERE FROM WEST OF MERIDIAN TO MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

IF THE STORMS MAINTAIN THEIR PRESENT COURSE AND SPEED IT WILL BE AFTER 3
AM CDT WHEN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES ARE AFFECTED BY THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AXREA. REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SAFTEY SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
ALZ013-016-MSZ014-013-150845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
210 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 360 UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR PERSONS IN
PEARL RIVER...PERRY...STONE AND HANCOCK COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI.

AT 200 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF MERIDIAN TO COLUMBIA MISSISSIPPI TO JUST
NORTH OF AMITE LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

IF THE STORMS MAINTAIN THEIR PRESENT COURSE AND SPEED IT WILL BE AFTER 3
AM CDT WHEN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES ARE AFFECTED BY THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN 8OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SAFTEY SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-150845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
300 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 360 UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR PERSONS IN
PEARL RIVER...PERRY...STONE AND HANCOCK COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI.

AT 30% AM CDT RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF MERIDIAN TO NEAR HATTIESBURG TO NEAR
BOGALUSA LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT CONTINUES SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG AND JUST INLAND
FROM HANCOCK COUNTY TO NEAR MOBILE. THESE WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONGER STORMS ARE MOVING INTO PEARL RIVER COUNTY AND WILL
BE ACCOMPAINED BY STRzONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR STATEMENT AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-151100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
400 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXPIRED AT 4 AM FOR STONE...PERRY...
HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI.

AT 4 AM MOBILE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
MILLRY ALABAMA TO MCLAIN TO BIXOLI MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH. AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSHOWERS 40 TO 60 MILES WEST OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR BIXOLI TO
MOBILE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.

POPULARVILLE MISSISSIPPI REPORTED GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WHEN THE
STORMS PASSED OVER...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS NOTED. RESIDENTS OF
GREENE...GEORGE...STONE...HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI
CAN EXPECT WINDS GUSTING 35 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAIN WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AS THE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST.

THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT POPPED UP AROUND MOBILE IN THE LAST
HOUR WERE PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN IN A FEW LOCATIONS NORTH
OF THE AIRPORT. THE WEATHER SERVICE AT BATES FIELD ONLY RECEIVED .03
INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THIS ST;ATION FOR LATER STATEMENT AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS IF NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBJackson35 min

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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.