Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 2006
Start: 2006-03-13T18:53
End: 2006-03-13T18:53
Location: Alabama

March 13, 2006 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 13, 6:24 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 6:24 PM CST, 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
624 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

.DISCUSSION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT LOCATIONS ROUGHLY ALONG AND JUST
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 59 THROUGH 8 PM CST BEFORE THEY WEAKEN.

AT 615 PM CST...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS FILLING IN
ALONG AN ALICEVILLE TO JASPER TO CULLMAN LINE.  TWO STORMS ALONG
THIS LINE HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.  A TORNADO
WAS REPORTED AROUND 6 PM CST NEAR ARKADELPHIA IN CULLMAN COUNTY AND
WIND DAMAGE REPORTS HAVE COME IN FROM WALKER AND FAYETTE COUNTIES.
THE ATMOSPHERE WAS A BIT UNSTABLE WITH LIFTED INDICES BETWEEN -1
AND -3 ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF ALABAMA.

THROUGH 8 PM CST...LOCATIONS ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF AN ALICEVILLE
TO TUSCALOOSA TO GARDENDALE TO GADSDEN LINE WILL HAVE AN ENHANCED
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES.  THE STORMS WILL
MOST LIKELY BE STRONGEST THROUGH 730 PM CST BEFORE WEAKENING WITH
COOLING AND THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

AFTER 8 PM CST...A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG OR SEVERE...THOUGH THE
LINE SHOULD WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE EAST OF INTERSTATE 59 AND ENCOUNTER
A COOLER MORE STABLE AIRMASS.

OVERALL...STILL NOT EXPECTING A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

&&

.UPDATE...ADDED TORNADO WATCH 91 AND REMOVED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.

&&

MBS/91

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 13, 6:10 PM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
610 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW BERRY              33.62N 87.66W
03/13/2006                   FAYETTE            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY. A MOBILE
            HOME WAS BLOWN OVER NEAR CR 21.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Mar 13, 6:11 PM CST, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
611 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0536 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CURRY                   33.95N 87.21W
03/13/2006                   WALKER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY. TREES
            WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR SMITH LAKE.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Mar 13, 6:14 PM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
614 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0614 PM     TORNADO          2 NW HAYDEN             33.92N 86.78W
03/13/2006                   BLOUNT             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR INTERSTATE 65 AND COUNTY ROAD 5.
            DEBRIS FLYING.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Mar 13, 6:17 PM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
617 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0614 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     12 NE SAMANTHA          33.53N 87.43W
03/13/2006                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS
            NEAR WILEY ALONG HIGHWAY 69.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Mar 13, 6:39 PM CST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
639 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     HAIL             NECTAR                  33.97N 86.64W
03/13/2006  E0.75 INCH       BLOUNT             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN NECTAR BY STORM SPOTTERS.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Mar 13, 6:40 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
640 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0635 PM     HAIL             NECTAR                  33.97N 86.64W
03/13/2006  E0.75 INCH       BLOUNT             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN NECTAR BY STORM SPOTTERS.

&&

LINHARES

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:53 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Blount

When: March 13, 6:53 PM CST
Where: Blount County, Oneonta
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.950, -86.467

A few trees blown down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, March 2006

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5497808.