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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Mobile, AL

June 26, 1992Elmore County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1992, 1:29 PM CDT for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1992, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1992, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Elmore County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1377 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 261847
SVRMGM
ALC051-251930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED-CORR TO DATE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
129 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH ALABAMA

   ...ELMORE COUNTY

WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF WETUMPKA
MOVING EAST AT 15 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMacon69 min
Jun 26, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery60 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.