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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Mobile, AL

July 30, 20255 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this heat advisory at Jul 30, 2025, 12:18 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jul 31, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2025, 12:18 PM CDT (17:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 31, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 31, 2025, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jul 30, 6:15 AM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 6:15 AM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 8:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
811 AM CDT Wed Jul 30 2025

ALZ263-MSZ079-301400-
Mobile Central AL-George MS-
811 AM CDT Wed Jul 30 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL MOBILE AND
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTIES THROUGH 900 AM CDT...

At 811 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles southwest of Wilmer, or 13 miles southeast of Lucedale, moving
south at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Tanner Williams.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3056 8841 3074 8841 3074 8854 3084 8849
      3084 8842 3080 8841 3080 8834 3055 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 1311Z 006DEG 9KT 3079 8844

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:47 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1147 AM CDT Wed Jul 30 2025

ALZ264-266-FLZ202-301730-
Baldwin Coastal AL-Baldwin Central AL-Escambia Coastal FL-
1147 AM CDT Wed Jul 30 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 PM CDT...

At 1147 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Elberta, or 5 miles east of Foley, moving northwest at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Foley, Robertsdale, Summerdale, and Elberta.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3049 8785 3066 8751 3056 8743 3054 8744
      3052 8744 3054 8741 3047 8736 3028 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 1647Z 148DEG 6KT 3043 8759

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

SAM

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:58 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1158 AM CDT Wed Jul 30 2025

ALZ264-266-301745-
Baldwin Coastal AL-Baldwin Central AL-
1158 AM CDT Wed Jul 30 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY
THROUGH 1245 PM CDT...

At 1158 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Gulf Shores, moving northwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Gulf Shores, Magnolia Springs, and Bon Secour.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3026 8759 3015 8774 3033 8796 3044 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 144DEG 11KT 3025 8772

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

SAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	49 min
Jul 30, 11:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	43 min
Jul 30, 11:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	47 min
Jul 30, 12:05 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		55 min
Jul 30, 12:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	40 min
Jul 30, 12:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Jul 30, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	35 min
Jul 30, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	60 min
Jul 30, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	64 min
Jul 30, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	40 min
Jul 30, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	67 min
Jul 30, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	36 min
Jul 30, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	53 min
Jul 30, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	44 min
Jul 30, 1:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	42 min
Jul 30, 8:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Wayne	47 min
Jul 30, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	41 min

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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.