Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1992, 3:39 PM CDT for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 1992, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 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, 8.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 633 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 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 KMGM 262040 SVRMGM ALC051-262145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 339 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...ELMORE COUNTY RADAR AT DANNELLY FIELD SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LEAVING MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND MOVING NORTH TOWARD WETUMPKA AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 26, 10:39 AM CDT, 5 hours before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-261700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1020 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5 PM... AT 1025 AM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.. THE STRONGEST STORMS NOTED BY MOBILE RADAR WERE IN NORTHERN HARRISION AND NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTH. HANCOCK COUNTY REPORTS 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS AND SOME FLOODING OF THE LOW AREAS AROUND SHORELINE PARK AND CEDAR POINT. THIS FLOODING SHOULD BE RECEDING THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE ASTROMICAL TIDE BEGINS TO FALL. TRAVEL IN THE FLOODED AREAS OF HANCOCK COUNTY IS BEING DISCOURAGED BUT NO ROADS ARE CLOSED. SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR ANY THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFTEY ON SHORT NOTICE. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SOUTHWEST ALABAMA RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT DISREGARD THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY...ALTHOUGH THE THREAT IS GREATEST IN MISSISSIPPI. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 12:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-261900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1230 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5 PM... AT 1225 PM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.. THE STRONGEST STORMS NOTED BY MOBILE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WERE OVER NORTHEAST CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA NEAR THOMASVILLE AND OVER CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI NORTH OF LEAKESVILLE. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO OR DETECTED BY THIS OFFICE SO FAR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY AS TROPICAL STORM ANDREW MOVES NORTHWARD THROUGH LOUISIANA. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT THIS AFTERNOON AS TORNADOES CAN STRIKE WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SOUTHWEST ALABAMA RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT DISREGARD THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY EITHER...ALTHOUGH THE THREAT IS GREATEST IN MISSISSIPPI. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION TODAY.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 2:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-262000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 200 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5 PM... AT 155 PM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE STRONGEST STORMS NOTED BY MOBILE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WERE OVER NORTHERN CONECUH COUNTY ALABAMA JUST NORTH OF EVERGREEN. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER JACKSON...STONE AND GREENE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. EVERGREEN STATE POLICE OF ALABAMA REPORTED STRONG WIND GUSTS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CONECUH COUNTY ROLLED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF EVERGREEN. RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN CONECUH COUNTY AND THE ADJOINING AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON EXISTS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED THROUGH SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TODAY...NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE. THIS DOES NOT LESSEN THE THREAT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT TODAY AS MANY TORNADOES OFTEN STRIKE WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND PDOSSIBLE TORNADOES IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION TODAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Chambers | 42 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.