Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1992, 7:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harrison County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 6:40 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Harrison, MS |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 1618 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 102330 SVRMOB MSC047-110015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...HARRISON COUNTY AT 630 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HARRISON COUNTY JUST NORTH OF GULFPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 10 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.
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, Aug 10, 4:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
FLZ001-002-102230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 440 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 AT 430 PM CDT...SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS INDICATING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PENSACOLA AND ON THE COAST NEAR PORT ST JOE. IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BRACKETED MOBILE. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQdUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW AREAS. MOVEMENTS WERE SLOWLY SOUTHWEST.
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
ALZ016-102245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 450 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992 THUNDERSTORMS OVER BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA HAVE WEAKENED AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED AT 445 PM CDT. AT 450 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE STROGEST STORMS WERE OVER MOBILE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNINhG...AND SMALL HAIL. THEY WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
FLZ001-002-102230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY ...DATE TIME CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 440 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992 AT 430 PM CDT...SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS INDICATING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PENSACOLA AND ON THE COAST NEAR PORT ST JOE. IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BRACKETED MOBILE. l HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW AREAS. MOVEMENTS WERE SLOWLY SOUTHWEST.
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.