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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2006, 7:58 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 8:40 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 1 N Brewton, AL | JUST AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A SEVERE STORM...PUBLIC IN THE BREWTON AREA REPORTED HAIL MEASURED AT 2.00 INCHES IN DIAMETER. |
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 100059 TORMOB ALC035-053-100145- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0025.060510T0058Z-060510T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 758 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER RANGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS ALONG WITH TREE AND SIGN DAMAGE. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WALLACE BY 805 PM CDT APPLETON BY 815 PM CDT KIRKLAND BY 825 PM CDT BREWTON AND EAST BREWTON BY 830 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 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 3138 8725 3130 8736 3100 8711 3117 8687 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 100108 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 807 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALC035-053-100145- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060510T0145Z/ ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL- 807 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH AND EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES... AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR I65 AND AL 41...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREWTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... APPLETON BY 820 PM CDT KIRKLAND...BREWTON AND 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEEGO BY 835 PM CDT ROCK HILL AND EAST BREWTON BY 840 PM CDT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIVERVIEW BY 845 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. LAT...LON 3138 8725 3130 8736 3100 8711 3117 8687 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 100122 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 821 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALC035-100131- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060510T0145Z/ CONECUH AL- 821 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CONECUH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3127 8710 3125 8725 3100 8709 3114 8691 $$ ALC053-100145- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060510T0145Z/ ESCAMBIA AL- 821 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR APPLETON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREWTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KIRKLAND BY 830 PM CDT BREWTON BY 835 PM CDT ROCK HILL...EAST BREWTON AND RIVERVIEW BY 840 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3127 8710 3125 8725 3100 8709 3114 8691 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 34 min |
| May 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 17 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 |
Nearby
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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.