Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2006, 7:38 PM CDT for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2006, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2006, 8:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -489 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 110038 SVRMOB ALC099-110115- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0125.060511T0038Z-060511T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 738 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANISTEE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FRISCO CITY BY 755 PM CDT MEGARGEL BY 800 PM CDT EXCEL BY 805 PM CDT A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3156 8750 3143 8763 3127 8742 3143 8727 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 110103 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 802 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ALC099-110112- /O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-060511T0115Z/ MONROE AL- 802 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3156 8750 3143 8763 3127 8742 3143 8727 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 10, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
345 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS
SHOWS THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE PAIR OF UPSTREAM MESOSCALE
SYSTEMS HAVE EVOLVED INTO ONE OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STATIONARY
FRONT EXTENDS WESTWARD TO A COLD FRONT ADVANCING ACROSS ARKANSAS AND
INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA. A POWERFUL MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE ADVANCING
FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS HAS INDUCED ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT...THE COLD FRONT AND IN THE
UPSTREAM WARM SECTOR REGION...BODING FOR AN ACTIVE NIGHT AT LEAST
ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA. THE STRONG CAP IN PLACE
DURING MUCH OF THE DAY OVER THE FORECAST AREA HAS ESSENTIALLY ERODED
BUT MEANWHILE ALLOWED FOR SURFACE BASED CAPES TO BUILD TO IN EXCESS
OF 3000 J/KG WITH HELICITY VALUES NEAR 225 M2/S2. WHILE THE
MESOSCALE COMPLEX DIVES SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF
THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS EVENING...CONVECTION NEAR THE
STATIONARY FRONT WILL AFFECT THE REMAINING NORTHERN PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA. ADDITIONAL UPSTREAM CONVECTION WILL ADVANCE INTO THE
FORECAST AREA LATER THIS EVENING. THE FRONT COMPLETES MOVING
THROUGH THE AREA BY LATE TONIGHT WITH SKIES CLEARING EARLY ON
THURSDAY. UNEVENTFUL CONDITIONS FOLLOW THROUGH FRIDAY AS A SURFACE
HIGH MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE MID LEVEL SYSTEM THAT SPAWNED THE
ACTIVE WEATHER MEANWHILE EVOLVES INTO A 500 MB LOW OVER THE
NORTHEASTERN STATES WHICH LATER MOVES SOUTHWARD WITH SURFACE
CYCLOGENESIS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CAROLINA ON SATURDAY. THE
SURFACE LOW DEEPENS AS THE MID LEVEL SYSTEM CONTINUES FURTHER INTO
THE SOUTHEAST STATES...AND DRIVES A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA AND
INTO THE NORTHERN GULF. WILL KEEP SMALL CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST
FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. /29
&&
.LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...THE STUBBORN UPPER LOW
FINALLY EJECTS OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC ON WEDNESDAY ALLOWING FOR
SHALLOW RIDGING TO BUILD INTO THE REGION. WILL NEED TO KEEP SMALL
POPS IN THE FORECAST UNTIL TUESDAY. /29
&&
.MARINE...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL MOVE
NORTHWARD TO THE GREAT LAKES AND DRAG A COLD FRONT EASTWARD ACROSS
THE COASTAL WATERS BY THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE TO ADVISORY LEVELS AHEAD OF THE
FRONT TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHWEST BY THURSDAY MORNING BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT. A MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING THEN DECREASE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD INTO
THE WESTERN GULF. FLOW WILL BECOME ONSHORE AND INCREASE ON SATURDAY
AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW
WILL PREVAIL IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. /13
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...ACTIVE CONVECTION DEVELOPS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT
THEN ENDS AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. DRIER AND COOLER AIR
FLOWS INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL DROP TO NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BUT APPEARS
TO NOT BE IN DANGER OF SATISFYING DURATION REQUIREMENTS. /05
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 63 81 54 81 / 60 10 10 0
PENSACOLA 66 81 58 79 / 70 30 0 0
DESTIN 68 79 59 77 / 70 30 10 10
EVERGREEN 65 76 47 77 / 70 10 10 0
WAYNESBORO 58 79 47 79 / 90 10 10 0
CAMDEN 62 77 48 77 / 90 10 10 10
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM THURSDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO
PENSACOLA FL OUT 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL
TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 60 NM...MOBILE BAY.
&&
29 EVERSOLE/13 CULLENHazardous weather outlook, May 10, 12:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1200 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-111100- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH- COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE- GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 1200 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE COAST BY LATE AFTERNOON CONTINUING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ALSO...A SQUALL LINE WITH DAMAGING WINDS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE ENTIRE AREA NORTH OF THE COAST IN A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR COASTAL AREAS. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH... EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME NO HAZARDOUS OR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 10, 4:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
456 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL LISMAN 32.17N 88.28W
05/10/2006 E1.00 INCH CHOCTAW AL TRAINED SPOTTER
0415 PM HAIL CROMWELL 32.23N 88.27W
05/10/2006 E1.75 INCH CHOCTAW AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
CULLENLocal storm report, May 10, 6:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
608 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HAIL 4 S CAMDEN 31.93N 87.29W
05/10/2006 E1.00 INCH WILCOX AL PUBLIC
RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT FROM BMX.
&&
CULLENLocal storm report, May 10, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
614 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM TORNADO OPINE 31.90N 87.93W
05/10/2006 CLARKE AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUBLIC REPORT OF LARGE TORNADO IN OPINE
0611 PM HAIL THOMASVILLE 31.91N 87.74W
05/10/2006 M2.75 INCH CLARKE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
REPOTED BY EMA...COULD HEAR IT HITTING CAR IN BACKGROUND
&&
CULLENLocal storm report, May 10, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
626 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM TORNADO CHILTON 31.78N 87.84W
05/10/2006 CLARKE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN CHILTON AND FULTON
0616 PM HAIL THOMASVILLE 31.91N 87.74W
05/10/2006 E1.75 INCH CLARKE AL BROADCAST MEDIA
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
&&
CULLENLocal storm report, May 10, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
635 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HAIL DICKINSON 31.76N 87.71W
05/10/2006 E1.75 INCH CLARKE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND ROTATING WALL CLOUD
&&
CULLENLocal storm report, May 10, 7:25 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
725 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL LISMAN 32.17N 88.28W
05/10/2006 E1.00 INCH CHOCTAW AL TRAINED SPOTTER
0415 PM HAIL CROMWELL 32.23N 88.27W
05/10/2006 E1.75 INCH CHOCTAW AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
0600 PM HAIL 4 S CAMDEN 31.93N 87.29W
05/10/2006 E1.00 INCH WILCOX AL PUBLIC
RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT FROM BMX.
0605 PM TORNADO OPINE 31.90N 87.93W
05/10/2006 CLARKE AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUBLIC REPORT OF LARGE TORNADO IN OPINE
0611 PM HAIL THOMASVILLE 31.91N 87.74W
05/10/2006 M2.75 INCH CLARKE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
REPOTED BY EMA...COULD HEAR IT HITTING CAR IN BACKGROUND
0615 PM TORNADO CHILTON 31.78N 87.84W
05/10/2006 CLARKE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN CHILTON AND FULTON
0616 PM HAIL THOMASVILLE 31.91N 87.74W
05/10/2006 E1.75 INCH CLARKE AL BROADCAST MEDIA
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
0630 PM HAIL DICKINSON 31.76N 87.71W
05/10/2006 E1.75 INCH CLARKE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND ROTATING WALL CLOUD
&&
CULLENNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.