Tornadoes in Alabama, March 13, 2006

Name: Tornadoes in Alabama, March 13, 2006
Start: 2006-03-13T17:43
End: 2006-03-13T17:48
Location: Alabama

March 13, 2006 · NWS BMX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Storm Spotters tracked a tornado on the ground from near County Road 35 in far northern Tuscaloosa County to near New Hope Road in far southeastern Fayette County. The tornado only broke a few limbs off of trees as it moved through the rural countryside.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 happened

The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.

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, 3:27 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:27 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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

.DISCUSSION...ALL EYES ARE SET ON TONIGHTS EVENT. A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE BIG QUESTION IS IF IT WILL BE
SEVERE OR NOT. THE LATEST 18Z BMX SOUNDING SHOWED THAT THE CAP
ALOFT REMAINS STRONG...BUT NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS THIS MORNING.
THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN AT THE MOMENT IS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65
AND NORTH OF ALICEVILLE AND FOSTERS. THIS IS WHERE DYNAMICS ARE
IN BETTER SHAPE FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING ISOLATED
TORNADOES. HENCE WHY A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED. WE WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LINE AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST TO SEE IF IT BECOMES
STRONGER OF IF IT WEAKENS. IF THE LINE DOES BECOME STRONGER...THE
WATCH COULD BE EXTENDED EASTWARD LATER TONIGHT.

RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS. SOME
LINGERING SHOWERS WILL BE LEFT ACROSS OUR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING. BIG CHANGES ARE ON TAP TOMORROW WITH WINDY
CONDITIONS AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. SINCE TEMPERATURES HAVE
BEEN IN THE 80S OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THE LAST FEW DAYS...THIS
KIND OF CHANGE WILL BE A BIT BRISK. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY
TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN. THIS WILL
RESULT IN PERFECT RADIATIONAL COOLING NIGHT WHICH WILL HELP
TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 30S OVER MUCH OF THE CWA.

DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY. THE NEXT
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ON THURSDAY BRINGING US ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
TO THE AREA. WE WILL BE VERY STABLE SO NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN ESTABLISH OVER
THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH LATE SUNDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM
WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THIS IS THE SYSTEM
TO WATCH AS THE LONG RANGE MODELS HINT THAT THIS COULD BE A STRONG
SYSTEM.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     47  56  30  65 /  90  10   0   0
ANNISTON    49  59  34  66 /  90  10   0   0
BIRMINGHAM  46  59  34  67 /  90  10   0   0
TUSCALOOSA  44  63  35  68 /  80  10   0   0
CALERA      50  60  36  68 /  90  10   0   0
AUBURN      55  63  36  67 /  80  10   0   0
MONTGOMERY  52  64  34  69 /  90  10   0   0
TROY        56  65  36  68 /  70  20   0   0

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH 6 PM
CST.

&&

10/ARM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 13, 5:09 PM CST, 34 minutes before

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

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

0505 PM     TSTM WND DMG     15 N FAYETTE            33.91N 87.83W
03/13/2006                   FAYETTE            AL   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHERN FAYETTE. TREES BLOWN DOWN
            ALONG US 43 NEAR WEEKS ROAD.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Mar 13, 5:12 PM CST, 31 minutes before

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

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

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     15 N FAYETTE            33.91N 87.83W
03/13/2006                   FAYETTE            AL   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHERN FAYETTE. TREES BLOWN DOWN
            ALONG US 43 NEAR WEEKS ROAD.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Mar 13, 5:14 PM CST, 29 minutes before

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

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

0448 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WINFIELD                33.93N 87.80W
03/13/2006                   MARION             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR WINFIELD. TREES AND POWER LINES
            WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG US 43 IN WINFIELD.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Mar 13, 5:19 PM CST, 24 minutes before

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

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

0516 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KENNEDY                 33.58N 87.99W
03/13/2006                   LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR KENNEDY. A FEW STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN
            DAMAGED ALONG HIGHWAY 17.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Mar 13, 5:24 PM CST, 19 minutes before

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

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

0502 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW MILLPORT           33.50N 88.15W
03/13/2006                   PICKENS            AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POSSIBLE TORNADO SOUTHWEST OF MILLPORT. DEBRIS VISIBLE
            AND A FEW TREES BLOWN DOWN JUST SOUTH OF SR 96 AND FIELDS
            ROAD.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Mar 13, 5:32 PM CST, 11 minutes before

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

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

0528 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 E CARBON HILL         33.90N 87.47W
03/13/2006                   WALKER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED FROM ELDRIDGE TO CARBON
            HILL TO NEAR MANCHESTER.

&&

LINHARES

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:43 UTC.

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Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Tuscaloosa

When: March 13, 5:43 PM CST to 5:46 PM CST
Where: Tuscaloosa County, 9 mi NW of Samantha
Rating: F0
Path length: 2.2 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 33.517, -87.733

Tornado, Fayette

When: March 13, 5:46 PM CST to 5:48 PM CST
Where: Fayette County, 7 mi SE of Newtonville
Rating: F0
Path length: 1.2 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 33.467, -87.717

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Alabama, 2006 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: 5497717, 5497716.