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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2006, 5:16 PM CDT for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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 9, 2006, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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 9, 5:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Leroy, AL |
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 9, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 092216 TORMOB ALC025-129-092300- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0022.060509T2216Z-060509T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 516 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER LOPER...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BIGBEE BY 530 PM CDT FRANKVILLE BY 535 PM CDT ST STEPHENS BY 550 PM CDT 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. LAT...LON 3166 8840 3150 8833 3146 8769 3176 8770 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 092224 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 523 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALC025-129-092300- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-060509T2300Z/ WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL- 523 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CLARKE AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 520 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF LOPER...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF CHATOM...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BIGBEE AND SILVER CROSS BY 535 PM CDT FRANKVILLE BY 540 PM CDT ST STEPHENS BY 555 PM CDT 7 MILES NORTH OF LEROY AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINN BY 600 PM CDT IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3166 8832 3151 8830 3146 8769 3176 8770 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 092233 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 532 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALC025-129-092300- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-060509T2300Z/ WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL- 532 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CLARKE AND EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 529 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ST STEPHENS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHATOM... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ST STEPHENS BY 545 PM CDT LEROY AND PRESTWICK BY 555 PM CDT CARSON AND JACKSON BY 600 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY 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 3160 8819 3150 8823 3138 8785 3155 8782 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 42 min |
| May 8, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 55 min |
| May 8, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Monroe | 23 min |
| May 8, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 63 min |
| May 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 29 min |
| May 8, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 48 min |
| May 8, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 62 min |
| May 8, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 58 min |
| May 8, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 48 min |
| May 8, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 55 min |
| May 8, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| May 9, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 36 min |
| May 9, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 42 min |
| May 9, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| May 9, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 51 min |
| May 9, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 44 min |
| May 9, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 46 min |
| May 9, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 35 min |
| May 9, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 61 min |
| May 9, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 38 min |
| May 9, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 45 min |
| May 9, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 43 min |
| May 9, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 48 min |
| May 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 46 min |
| May 9, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 34 min |
| May 9, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 44 min |
| May 9, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 50 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.