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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

November 12, 1992Houston County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 12, 1992, 2:51 PM CST for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 1992, 2:51 PM CST (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 1992, 3:45 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Houston County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 122053
TORMGM
ALC069-122145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
251 PM CST THU NOV 12 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
STATE TROOPERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST WEST OF DOTHAN ON HIGHWAY 59 AT
245 PM CST. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLA`NKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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, 1:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw, Pike67 min
Nov 12, 2:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDale, Henry, Houston56 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.