Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mobile County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:50 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Mobile, AL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 082146 SVRMOB ALC097-082215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 445 PM CDT WED JUL 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY AT 435 PM A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED ONE HALF INCH HAIL ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST VERY SLOWLY. PERSONS IN CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PASSED. 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, Jul 8, 11:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-081730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1125 AM CDT WED JUL 8 1992 ...HEAT INDICES WILL RISE TO NEAR DANGER LEVELS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIDELY SCATTERED...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FOR THE ALABAMA COASTAL COUNTIES... UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND WITH LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS...THE TEMPERATURE ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA WILL RISE TO THE MID TO UPPER 90S OVER MOST OF THE AREA WITH SOME LOCATIONS REACHING THE 100 DEGREE MARK. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WHERE THE TEMPERATURE SHOULD REMAIN IN THE LOW 90S. AS A RESULT OF THESE CONDITIONS...HEAT INDICES WILL RISE TO 105 DEGREES OVER MOST OF THE AREA AND LEVELS OF 110 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON. AVOID STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS AND TAKE FREQUENT REST PERIODS. PERSONS IN UN-AIRCONDITONED LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY...SHOULD GO TO A LOCATION WHERE IT IS AIR CONDITIONED IF POSSIBLE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA-BREEZE LINE THIS AFTERNOON. THAT OCCURS WHEN THE COOLER GULF AIR FLOWS INLAND AND LIFTS THE VERY HOT INLAND AIR. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE SEA BREEZE WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE STRONG. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HAIL. RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI SHOULD PLAN TO AVOID THE HEAT TODAY AND IF A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS NEAR YOU ...STAY INDOORS UNTIL IT HAS ENDED. ,
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
FLZ004-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 205 PM CDT WED JUL 8 1992 A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN BAY COUNTY NORTHEAST OF PANAMA CITY...NEAR LYNN HAVEN. THIS STORM INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. SINCE THE STORM WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS A LIKELYHOOD.
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.