Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2006, 2:57 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports 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 10, 2006, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2006, 3:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Linden, AL | PRELIMINARY REPORT...POWER LINES DOWN WITH A COUPLE OF POLES BROKEN OFF IN LINDEN, ALONG HWY 28, COUNTY ROAD 19 AND JEFFERSON ROAD. |
| May 10, 3:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Linden, AL | PRELIMINARY REPORT...POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH A COUPLE OF THE POLES BROKEN OFF IN LINDEN, ALONG HIGHWAY 28, COUNTY ROAD 19 AND JEFFERSON ROAD. |
| May 10, 3:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Linden, AL | NWS SURVEY DETERMINED AN F1 TORNADO OCCURRED ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN JEFFERSON STATION AND LINDEN. THE TORNADO TRACK WAS 1.4 MILES LONG AND 150 YARD WIDE. |
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 10, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 101958
TORMOB
ALC131-102100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0028.060510T1957Z-060510T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
257 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAMISON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
LAMISON BY 315 PM CDT
CATHERINE AND GASTONBURG BY 320 PM CDT
PRAIRIE AND ALBERTA BY 325 PM CDT
MILLERS FERRY AND REHOBOTH BY 330 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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS GREATER THAN
60 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3237 8781 3222 8794 3206 8777 3193 8752
3186 8694 3197 8693 3198 8685 3206 8686
3206 8714 3228 8744
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 102022
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
321 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
ALC131-102100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060510T2100Z/
WILCOX AL-
321 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR WILCOX COUNTY...
AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GASTONBURG...OR
ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF LINDEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES NORTH OF MILLERS FERRY BY 330 PM CDT
7 MILES NORTH OF BOYKIN BY 335 PM CDT
7 MILES NORTH OF ACKERVILLE BY 355 PM CDT
7 MILES NORTH OF SNOW HILL...7 MILES NORTH OF FURMAN AND 8 MILES
NORTH OF MCBRYDES BY 400 PM CDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL-SIZED SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS GRATER
THAN 60 MPH.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3237 8781 3222 8794 3206 8777 3193 8752
3186 8694 3197 8693 3198 8685 3206 8686
3206 8714 3228 8744
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 102047
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
342 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
ALC131-102052-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060510T2100Z/
WILCOX AL-
342 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WILCOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC
CIRCULATION HAD MOVED EAST OF RURAL NORTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY. THE
POTENTIAL TORNADIC CIRCULATION ENTERED THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTION
OF WILCOX COUNTY...THEN MOVED VERY NEAR GASTONBURG AND REHOBOTH AND
THEN FURTHER SOUTHEAST BEFORE EXITING THE COUNTY NORTHEAST OF
MILLERS FERRY. ANOTHER STORM ENTERING THE COUNTY FROM THE WEST MAY
PROMPT THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO
WARNINGS THROUGH 5 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3237 8781 3222 8794 3206 8777 3193 8752
3186 8694 3197 8693 3198 8685 3206 8686
3206 8714 3228 8744
$$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, 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, 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.