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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

March 9, 2006Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2006, 7:16 PM CST for Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
Mar 9, 2006, 7:16 PM CST (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2006, 7:45 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2006-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2006-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -119 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
92 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 100118
TORMOB
ALC129-MSC153-100145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0009.060310T0116Z-060310T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
716 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  
* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 715 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  BUCKATUNNA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MILLRY AND HEALING SPRINGS BY 730 PM CST
  KOENTON BY 735 PM CST
  SILVER CROSS AND BIGBEE BY 740 PM CST

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 3160 8855 3151 8854 3158 8816 3171 8815
      3166 8844

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 100131
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
730 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

MSC153-100140-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060310T0145Z/
WAYNE MS-
730 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY INTO ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3168 8839 3160 8836 3160 8816 3171 8815

$$

ALC129-100145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060310T0145Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
730 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 726 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HEALING SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIGBEE BY 735 PM CST
  SILVER CROSS BY 740 PM CST

LAT...LON 3168 8839 3160 8836 3160 8816 3171 8815

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 100146
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
745 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

ALC129-100153-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060310T0145Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
745 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 745 PM CST...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...BUT MAY 
STILL BE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH AS IT MOVES 
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE FRANKVILLE AREA OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON 
COUNTY.  

LAT...LON 3168 8839 3160 8836 3160 8816 3171 8815

$$

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.