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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL

November 12, 1992Dale County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 12, 1992, 1:25 PM CST for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 1992, 1:25 PM CST (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 1992, 2:30 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Dale County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 257 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 121942
TORMGM
ALC045-122030-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
125 PM CST THU NOV 12 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230P CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......

IN SOUTH ALABAMA

   ...COVINGTON COUNTY

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTH OF
ANDALUSIA AT 125 PM CDT. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WSORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Nov 12, 9:07 AM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-121615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
907 AM CST THU NOV 12 1992

AT 9 AM CST RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FROM NORTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY SOUTH TO BILOXI
THEN SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND INTO LOUISANA. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
THIS MORNING.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IMBEDED IN A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT
RAIN AND RAIN SHOWERS THAT COVERED MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.  THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 11:02 AM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-121800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1102 AM CST THU NOV 12 1992

AT 11 AM CST RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
MONROEVILLE ALABAMA TO MOBILE THEN SOUTHEAST ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
COAST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE MOBILE AREA WERE MORE THEN 1.25
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALL DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL P2RODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS MORNING.  THEY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE STREETS
AND SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 11:36 AM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-121825-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1135 AM CST THU NOV 12 1992

AT 1135 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
STRETCHED FROM EVERGREEN ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND CONTINUED OVER COASTAL ALABAMA TO
PASCAGOULA.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AS EVIDENCED BY MOBILE WHICH
RECEIVED AN INCH AND A HALF IN A SHORT PERIOD AS THE STORMS MOVED
THROUGH THAT AREA.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE APPROACHING STORMS
AND BE READY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE COVER AS NECESSARY OR IF WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED NEAR APALACHICOLA.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 12:31 PM CST, 54 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010-013>018-MSZ012>014-121925-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1235 PM CST THU NOV 12 1992

AT 1235 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
STRETCHED FROM ANDALUSIA ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY
FLORIDA THEN CONTINUED OVER COASTAL ALABAMA TO DAUPHIN ISLAND AND THE
NEARBY COASTAL WATERS.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AS EVIDENCED BY MOBILE WHICH
RECEIVED 2.50 INCHES WHEN THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH THE AREA.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE APPROACHING STORMS
AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY OR IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

OTHER SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE NEAR THE
APALACHICOLA RIVER AND IN THE GULF NEAR APALACHICOLA AND PANAMA CITY.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 1:12 PM CST, 13 minutes before
FLZ001>004-122000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
105 PM CST THU NOV 12 1992

A NARROW BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST TO
SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SPREADING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITY AND CREATING BRIEF FLOODING
OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR MAY BE EXPECTED ALONG THE
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS
AS THE STROMS SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
PROTECTIVE AHCTION IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED OR APPEAR
IMMINENT.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 1:23 PM CST, 2 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-122030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
123 PM CST THU NOV 12 1992

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MOBILE COUNTY CANCELED...

...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR THE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS
EXPIRED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MOBILE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED.  THE HEAVY
RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF MOBILE COUNTY.  WHILE THE MOBILE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
MEASURED OVER 3.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM NO FLASH
FLOODING WAS REPORTED.

AT 115 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTOMS FROM NEAR
ANDALUSIA ALABAMA TO PENSACOLA FLORIDA THEN SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE GULF TO
NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 11:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile2 hr
Nov 12, 1:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw, Pike67 min
Nov 12, 2:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDale, Henry, Houston56 min
Nov 12, 2:51 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBHouston54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.