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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL

May 9, 2006Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2006, 8:13 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2006-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 274 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2006-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 100113
TORMOB
ALC025-100200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0026.060510T0113Z-060510T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
813 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WINN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  JACKSON BY 830 PM CDT
  WALKER SPRINGS BY 835 PM CDT
  ALMA AND MANILLA BY 845 PM CDT
  CHOCTAW BLUFF BY 855 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.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS 
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY 
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU 
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE 
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3169 8793 3161 8804 3136 8783 3145 8767

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 100134
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
834 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

ALC025-100200-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-060510T0200Z/
CLARKE AL-
834 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN CLARKE
COUNTY...

AT 832 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF 
JACKSON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF GROVE HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST 
AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ALMA AND MANILLA BY 845 PM CDT
  CHOCTAW BLUFF BY 855 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3169 8793 3161 8804 3137 8778 3147 8768

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe34 min
May 9, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe17 min
May 9, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia47 min
May 9, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia50 min
May 9, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington40 min
May 9, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe28 min
May 9, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington39 min
May 10, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWilcox50 min
May 10, 3:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBWilcox2 hr
May 10, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw19 min
May 10, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw42 min
May 10, 4:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw60 min
May 10, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox21 min
May 10, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox66 min
May 10, 5:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Wilcox3 hr
May 10, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke26 min
May 10, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw38 min
May 10, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox31 min
May 10, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Wilcox44 min
May 10, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMonroe47 min
May 10, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Monroe47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.