Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 53
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 9, 2006, 2:40 PM CST for 31 counties in Alabama; 30 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2006, 2:40 PM CST (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2006, 8:11 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties
Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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.
Warnings issued inside it
48 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 60 min |
| Mar 9, 3:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Pickens | 62 min |
| Mar 9, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 62 min |
| Mar 9, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 55 min |
| Mar 9, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 55 min |
| Mar 9, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 64 min |
| Mar 9, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 57 min |
| Mar 9, 4:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 16 min |
| Mar 9, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 4:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 23 min |
| Mar 9, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 66 min |
| Mar 9, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 21 min |
| Mar 9, 4:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Limestone, Morgan | 57 min |
| Mar 9, 4:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Mar 9, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 57 min |
| Mar 9, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 68 min |
| Mar 9, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 5:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 35 min |
| Mar 9, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Moore | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 5:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 53 min |
| Mar 9, 5:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 53 min |
| Mar 9, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 66 min |
| Mar 9, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 5:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 6:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 65 min |
| Mar 9, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 13 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 11:05 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lamar | 85 min |
| Mar 9, 1:52 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Choctaw, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette and 20 more | 83 min |
| Mar 9, 3:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar | 54 min |
| Mar 9, 4:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 33 more | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 5:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 32 min |
| Mar 9, 5:14 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Wilkinson | 91 min |
| Mar 9, 6:52 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:29 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar and 68 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:10 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lauderdale | 95 min |
| Mar 9, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Decatur and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:32 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Decatur, Dickson, Henderson and 10 more | 88 min |
| Mar 9, 4:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lake and 6 more | 61 min |
| Mar 9, 5:18 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake and 3 more | 3 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.