Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1992, 12:44 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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 27, 1992, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Montgomery, AL | |
| Aug 27, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Lowndes, 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
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 959 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 271743 TORMGM ALC085-101-271845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1244 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...LOWNDES COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 1140 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED TWO TORNADOES. ONE WAS IN CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE OTHER WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. MOVEMENTS WAS TO THE NORTH ABOUT 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWI>SE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lowndes | 64 min |
| Aug 27, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Elmore, Montgomery | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Macon | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock | 64 min |
| Aug 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Tallapoosa | 64 min |
| Aug 27, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lee | 68 min |
| Aug 27, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Chambers | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Macon | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Chambers, Lee | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour | 55 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.