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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL

November 12, 1992Crenshaw County, Pike County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 12, 1992, 1:53 PM CST for Crenshaw County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 1992, 1:53 PM CST (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 1992, 3:00 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crenshaw County, AL, Pike County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1992-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1992-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 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 KMGM 121955
TORMGM
ALC041-109-122100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
153 PM CST THU NOV 12 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...CRENSHAW COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY STATE TROOPERS IN CRENSHAW COUNTY...NEAR
BRANTLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CDARS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 11:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile2 hr
Nov 12, 1:25 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBDale65 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.