Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 47, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2006, 2:23 PM CDT for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2006, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marengo County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:44 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | Linden, AL | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN F1 TORNADO OCCURRED ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN JEFFERSON STATION AND LINDEN. THE TORNADO TRACK WAS 2.6 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE. |
| May 10, 2:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 N Linden, AL | PENNEY SIZED HAIL IN CHICKASAW STATE PARK. |
| May 10, 2:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 N Linden, AL | PENNY SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CHICKASAW STATE PARK. |
| May 10, 3:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Linden, AL | PRELIMINARY REPORT...POWER LINES DOWN WITH A COUPLE OF POLES BROKEN OFF IN LINDEN, ALONG HWY 28, COUNTY ROAD 19 AND JEFFERSON ROAD. |
| May 10, 3:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Linden, AL | PRELIMINARY REPORT...POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH A COUPLE OF THE POLES BROKEN OFF IN LINDEN, ALONG HIGHWAY 28, COUNTY ROAD 19 AND JEFFERSON ROAD. |
| May 10, 3:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Linden, AL | NWS SURVEY DETERMINED AN F1 TORNADO OCCURRED ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN JEFFERSON STATION AND LINDEN. THE TORNADO TRACK WAS 1.4 MILES LONG AND 150 YARD WIDE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 101924
TORBMX
ALC091-102000-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0047.060510T1923Z-060510T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
223 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE AREAS OF...LINDEN...CHICKASAW STATE PARK
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 221 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
JEFFERSON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
JEFFERSON BY 235 PM CDT
CHICKASAW STATE PARK AND LINDEN BY 245 PM CDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3245 8797 3249 8794 3237 8754 3231 8753
3217 8759 3228 8791 3235 8798 3234 8799
3229 8795 3230 8797 3238 8804 3244 8804
$$
12/SIRMON1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 101939
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
239 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
ALC091-102000-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-060510T2000Z/
MARENGO AL-
239 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MARENGO COUNTY...
AT 235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DEMOPOLIS...OR ABOUT NEAR CHICKASAW STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DAYTON BY 245 PM CDT
THOMASTON BY 255 PM CDT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3247 8787 3252 8783 3237 8754 3231 8753
3218 8760
$$
STEFKOVICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 52 min |
| May 10, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Tuscaloosa | 26 min |
| May 10, 10:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Dallas, Elmore and 16 more | 11 hr |
| May 10, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 65 min |
| May 10, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 41 min |
| May 10, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 52 min |
| May 10, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 45 min |
| May 10, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 57 min |
| May 10, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 61 min |
| May 10, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 38 min |
| May 10, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 31 min |
| May 10, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| May 10, 12:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| May 10, 1:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Sumter | 3 hr |
| May 10, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 28 min |
| May 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 40 min |
| May 10, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 42 min |
| May 10, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 37 min |
| May 10, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 29 min |
| May 10, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 43 min |
| May 10, 2:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Winston | 116 min |
| May 10, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 50 min |
| May 10, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 39 min |
| May 10, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marengo | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 19 min |
| May 10, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 47 min |
| May 10, 3:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Elmore | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 35 min |
| May 10, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Perry | 119 min |
| May 10, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 39 min |
| May 10, 3:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 62 min |
| May 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 62 min |
| May 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 47 min |
| May 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 119 min |
| May 10, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 28 min |
| May 10, 4:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 2 hr |
| May 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 47 min |
| May 10, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 26 min |
| May 10, 5:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 2 hr |
| May 10, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 52 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.