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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 9, 3:14 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 314 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006 .DISCUSSION... DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODELS ARE GENERALLY IN GOOD AGREEMENT DURING THE SHORT TERM. USED A BLEND OF THEM AND DID NOT STRAY MUCH AT ALL FROM THEM. AT 3 PM CST...A SQUALL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST ENTERING NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. WINDY CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS ALABAMA WITH SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 59. SULLIGENT IN LAMAR COUNTY REPORTED TREES DOWN ABOUT 230 PM CST FROM NON-THUNDERSTORM WINDS AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE. UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 70S ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST ALABAMA. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...THE SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE EAST AND AFFECT ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA. IT SHOULD REACH TUSCALOOSA BETWEEN 430 PM AND 530 PM CST...BIRMINGHAM AROUND 6 PM CST... ANNISTON AND SELMA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM CST... MONTGOMERY BY 10 PM CST...THEN STALL SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 AFTER MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND EVEN AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE. GUSTS ON THE SQUALL LINE MAY EXCEED 70 MPH... ESPECIALLY WEST OF AN ONEONTA TO DEMOPOLIS LINE BEFORE 6 PM CST. GUSTS AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE MAY EXCEED 60 MPH THIS EVENING. FOR NOW...WILL KEEP WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST. THE TORNADO THREAT IS VERY LOW AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS NOT VERY DEEP AS DEWPOINTS ARE ONLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. ALSO...INSTABILITY IS LIMITED...SO NOT EXPECTING MUCH...IF ANY LIGHTNING. HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE LINE. THE LINE SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO A COOLER AIRMASS ACROSS EAST ALABAMA AFTER 8 PM CST. THE LINE WILL STALL SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 LATE TONIGHT AND PERHAPS BRING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO PIKE AND BARBOUR COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE POTENTIAL IN THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY. PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP ACROSS WEST ALABAMA AS SKIES CLEAR LATE TONIGHT. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50S. ON FRIDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE NEAR THE OLD SQUALL LINE BOUNDARY ACROSS LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85...AT LEAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE 18Z NAM RUN SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COMING BACK NORTHWARD TO AT LEAST MONTGOMERY. FOR NOW...WILL KEEP MOST PLACES DRY. EXPECT A WARM DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...DEEPER MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL RETURN TO ALL AREAS AS DEWPOINTS RISE INTO THE LOWER 60S THANKS TO INCREASING SOUTH WINDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN AND SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR IS FORECAST TO MOVE IN. AGAIN...EXPECT A WARM DAY UNDER PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGHS COULD APPROACH 80 IN SOME LOCATIONS. ON MONDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THOUGH WINDS AND DYNAMICS ARE WEAKER WITH THIS FRONT THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM AFFECTING THE AREA...FORECAST INSTABILITY IS HIGHER. WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO WATCH THIS SYSTEM. TUESDAY AND BEYOND...DRY AND COOLER WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND LOWS AROUND 40. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 51 75 55 77 / 100 10 20 50 ANNISTON 54 76 58 77 / 100 10 20 50 BIRMINGHAM 54 76 61 77 / 80 10 20 50 TUSCALOOSA 50 79 60 79 / 50 10 20 50 CALERA 55 77 60 79 / 90 10 20 40 AUBURN 58 74 59 81 / 90 40 20 30 MONTGOMERY 57 77 59 80 / 100 30 20 30 TROY 61 76 60 81 / 90 60 20 20 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT ALL LOCATIONS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. && MBS/91
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 425 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ALZ011>015-017>050-102225- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 425 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ...DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST... ...LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF A DEMOPOLIS TO CENTRE LINE WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...POSSIBLY UP TO 80 MPH... A SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH ALABAMA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE LINE WILL REACH A BIRMINGHAM TO DEMOPOLIS LINE BY 6 PM CST...HEFLIN TO SELMA LINE BY 8 PM CST...AND THEN SLOW DOWN AND STALL JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 BY MIDNIGHT CST. DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THE SQUALL LINE. LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF A DEMOPOLIS TO CENTRE LINE MAY EXPERIENCE WINDS UP TO 80 MPH WITH THE LINE BEFORE 8 PM CST. EVEN AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN A WARM UNSTABLE AIRMASS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED AFTER MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NECESSARY MONDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE. MBS/91
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
358 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL VERNON 33.76N 88.11W
03/09/2006 M0.25 INCH LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
PEA SIZE HAIL IN VERNON.
0342 PM TSTM WND GST VERNON 33.76N 88.11W
03/09/2006 M60 MPH LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
60 MPH WIND GUST IN VERNON.
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG SULLIGENT 33.89N 88.13W
03/09/2006 LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOFS ROLLING DOWN THE ROAD ON HWY 278 AT HWY 17.
&&
JSSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
417 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0349 PM HAIL HAMILTON 34.14N 87.98W
03/09/2006 M0.25 INCH MARION AL BROADCAST MEDIA
PEA SIZE HAIL AND ZERO VISIBILITY IN SOUTH HAMILTON.
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG VERNON 33.76N 88.11W
03/09/2006 LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF BLOWN OFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN VERNON.
&&
JSSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
424 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW FAYETTE 33.71N 87.86W
03/09/2006 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ON SHADY GROVE ROAD OFF AL 107.
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG GUIN 33.97N 87.91W
03/09/2006 MARION AL EMERGENCY MNGR
MOBILE HOME DAMAGE ON STATE HWY 44 IN GUIN.
&&
JSSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
426 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW FAYETTE 33.71N 87.86W
03/09/2006 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN IN THE SHADY GROVE COMMUNITY OFF AL 107.
&&
JSSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
451 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW FAYETTE 33.72N 87.87W
03/09/2006 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
BARN DESTROYED
0438 PM TSTM WND DMG BAZEMORE 33.89N 87.70W
03/09/2006 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN
&&
JSSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
513 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0426 PM TSTM WND DMG HALEYVILLE 34.24N 87.62W
03/09/2006 WINSTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE TO POST OFFICE
0436 PM TSTM WND DMG SAMANTHA 33.41N 87.58W
03/09/2006 TUSCALOOSA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN END
OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
0436 PM TSTM WND DMG DOUBLE SPRINGS 34.15N 87.40W
03/09/2006 WINSTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY
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MWRThe Birmingham radar (KBMX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and power lines were blown down near Greensboro, and in other scattered locations across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, March 2006
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: 5497796.