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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Mobile, AL

June 18, 1992Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 11:59 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1992, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Crenshaw County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1038 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1038 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 190501
SVRMGM
ALC041-190600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1159 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...CRENSHAW COUNTY
 
AT 1158 CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE MONTGOMERY
AND CRENSHAW COUNTY LINE NORTH OF HIGHLAND HOME MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH AS IT MOVED
THROUGH MONTGOMERY.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARFGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa65 min
Jun 18, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery69 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.