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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Mobile, AL

August 10, 1992Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1992, 3:43 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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
Aug 10, 1992, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Baldwin County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 4:15 PM CDTHail 1.75Baldwin, 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

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 886 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
886 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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 KMOB 102045
SVRMOB
ALC003-102145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
343 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...
 
AT 340 PM CDT MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LILLIAN
ALABAMA IN SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES TO
THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS ORANGE BEACH AND INTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF BALDWIN
COUNTY.
 
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.P  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
Aug 9, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe37 min
Aug 10, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDallas65 min
Aug 10, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.