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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 2006Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2006, 5:59 PM CDT for Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. 7 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, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clarke County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTTORNADOOpine, ALPUBLIC REPORT OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN OPINE
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTTORNADOOpine, ALPUBLIC REPORT OF LARGE TORNADO IN OPINE
May 10, 6:11 PM CDTHAIL 2.75Thomasville, ALREPORTED BY EMA...COULD HEAR IT HITTING CAR IN BACKGROUND
May 10, 6:11 PM CDTHAIL 2.75Thomasville, ALREPOTED BY EMA...COULD HEAR IT HITTING CAR IN BACKGROUND
May 10, 6:11 PM CDTTORNADOTallahatta Springs, ALPOSSIBLE TORNADO CAUSED STRUCTUAL DAMAGE TO MEAT PACKING PLANT NEAR HWY. 154...ALSO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
May 10, 6:11 PM CDTTORNADOTallahatta Springs, ALTORNADO CAUSED STRUCTUAL DAMAGE TO MEAT PACKING PLANT NEAR HWY. 154...ALSO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
May 10, 6:16 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Thomasville, ALQUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 379 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 102259
TORMOB
ALC025-131-102330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0029.060510T2259Z-060510T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
559 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  TALLAHATTA SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ROUNDHILL AND RURAL BY 610 PM CDT
  NETTLEBORO BY 620 PM CDT
  LOWER PEACH TREE BY 625 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.

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 3200 8795 3182 8798 3176 8754 3191 8751

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 102315
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
613 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

ALC025-131-102330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060510T2330Z/
CLARKE AL-WILCOX AL-
613 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
WILCOX AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES...

AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  BASEBALL SIZED HAIL HAS JUST BEEN REPORTED BY 
THE CLARKE COUNTY EMA AND A LARGE TORNADO HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN 
SPOTTED BY THE PUBLIC NEAR OPINE.

THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF GROVE HILL...MOVING 
EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NETTLEBORO BY 625 PM CDT
  LOWER PEACH TREE BY 630 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 3200 8795 3182 8798 3176 8754 3191 8751

$$

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, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke47 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, 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

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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.