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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL

March 20, 2006Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 20, 2006, 4:33 PM CST for Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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
Mar 20, 2006, 4:33 PM CST (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2006, 5:15 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 20, 3:09 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2006-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2006-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 420 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
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
420 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
432 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 
WFUS54 KMOB 202235
TORMOB
ALC023-129-MSC153-202315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0012.060320T2233Z-060320T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
433 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 429 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR          
  WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  AQUILLA BY 445 PM CST
  HEALING SPRINGS AND MILLRY BY 450 PM CST
  KOENTON BY 455 PM CST
  FRANKVILLE AND SILVER CROSS BY 500 PM CST

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND
MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL 
TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3185 8851 3157 8869 3153 8804 3194 8823

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 202249
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
447 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

ALC023-129-MSC153-202315-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060320T2315Z/
WASHINGTON AL-CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
447 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR EASTERN 
WAYNE...CHOCTAW AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 446 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUWILPA OVER 
SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTH OF BLADON SPRINGS BY 450 PM CST
  WOMACK HILL AND 7 MILES NORTH OF SERVICE BY 455 PM CST

ANOTHER LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL WAYNE 
COUNTY.  A TORNADO MAY ALSO QUICKLY DEVELOP ALONG THIS LINE AS IT 
MOVES ACROSS EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY INTO NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON 
COUNTY ALABAMA.  THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 
55 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO TORNADOS...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3184 8857 3157 8869 3153 8804 3194 8823

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 1:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw31 min
Mar 20, 4:56 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke49 min
Mar 20, 5:11 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington34 min
Mar 20, 5:25 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWilcox26 min
Mar 20, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne31 min
Mar 20, 4:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne41 min
Mar 20, 4:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry39 min
Mar 20, 4:32 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBPerry28 min
Mar 20, 4:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene29 min
Mar 20, 5:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne40 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2006Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes 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.