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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL

May 26, 2025Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2025, 4:53 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2025, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2025, 5:08 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

129 
WFUS54 KMOB 262153
TORMOB
ALC023-262245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0027.250526T2153Z-250526T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
453 PM CDT Mon May 26 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 453 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles west of Toxey, or 15 miles southwest of Butler,
  moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Toxey around 500 PM CDT.
  Butler around 520 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805 3185 8835
      3188 8847 3196 8847 3230 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 212DEG 23KT 3191 8838 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

639 
WWUS54 KMOB 262208
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
508 PM CDT Mon May 26 2025

ALC023-262217-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-250526T2245Z/
Choctaw AL-
508 PM CDT Mon May 26 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southwestern Alabama.

LAT...LON 3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805 3185 8835
      3188 8847 3196 8847 3230 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 212DEG 23KT 3199 8832 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke	26 min
May 25, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	50 min
May 25, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	67 min
May 25, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	24 min
May 25, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke, Washington, Wilcox	67 min
May 26, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	49 min
May 26, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	49 min
May 26, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	37 min
May 26, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	18 min
May 26, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	41 min
May 26, 5:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw	3 hr
May 26, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	46 min
May 26, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	42 min
May 26, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	52 min
May 26, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	34 min
May 26, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	27 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.