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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2006, 7:26 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ese Megargel, AL | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. ALSO TREES DOWN SAME LOCATION AND POINTS WESTWARD. |
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 100027 TORMOB ALC035-099-100100- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0024.060510T0026Z-060510T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 726 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 724 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST OF FRISCO CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RANGE BY 750 PM CDT LENOX BY 755 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 3144 8741 3135 8746 3127 8730 3133 8716 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 100039 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 738 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALC035-099-100100- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060510T0100Z/ CONECUH AL-MONROE AL- 738 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTIES... AT 733 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RANGE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF MONROEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL NORTHEAST OF HOMEWOOD AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RANGE BY 755 PM CDT LENOX BY 800 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3143 8740 3136 8746 3127 8730 3134 8712 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 100043 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 741 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALC035-099-100100- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060510T0100Z/ CONECUH AL-MONROE AL- 741 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTIES... AT 740 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF MEGARGEL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF MONROEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOMEWOOD AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RANGE BY 755 PM CDT LENOX BY 800 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 3143 8740 3136 8746 3127 8730 3134 8712 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 100053 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 751 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALC099-100101- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060510T0100Z/ MONROE AL- 751 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3139 8730 3132 8737 3127 8730 3134 8712 $$ ALC035-100100- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060510T0100Z/ CONECUH AL- 751 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTY... AT 745 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RANGE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF MONROEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TREE AND SIGN DAMAGE SOUTHEAST OF MEGARGEL. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LENOX BY 800 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 3139 8730 3132 8737 3127 8730 3134 8712 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 17 min |
| May 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 47 min |
| May 9, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 47 min |
| May 9, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 50 min |
| May 9, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 40 min |
| May 9, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 28 min |
| May 9, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 39 min |
| May 10, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 50 min |
| May 10, 3:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 2 hr |
| May 10, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 19 min |
| May 10, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 42 min |
| May 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 60 min |
| May 10, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 21 min |
| May 10, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 66 min |
| May 10, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Wilcox | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 26 min |
| May 10, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 38 min |
| May 10, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 31 min |
| May 10, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 44 min |
| May 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 47 min |
| May 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 47 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.