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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2006, 5:56 PM CDT for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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 9, 2006, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 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), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 092257 TORMOB ALC025-129-092330- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.060509T2256Z-060509T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 556 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER ST STEPHENS...AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LEROY BY 605 PM CDT CARSON BY 615 PM CDT JACKSON BY 620 PM CDT WALKER SPRINGS AND ALMA BY 630 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 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 3161 8806 3153 8810 3138 8779 3155 8772 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 092314 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 614 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALC129-092324- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-060509T2330Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 614 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3152 8790 3146 8791 3136 8777 3147 8765 $$ ALC025-092330- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-060509T2330Z/ CLARKE AL- 614 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY... AT 612 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF GROVE HILL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ALMA...CHOCTAW BLUFF AND GAINESTOWN BY 630 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 3152 8790 3146 8791 3136 8777 3147 8765 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 092327 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 626 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALC025-092336- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-060509T2330Z/ CLARKE AL- 626 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3152 8790 3146 8791 3136 8777 3147 8765 $$
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, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 44 min |
| May 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.