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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL

October 26, 2025Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2025, 10:51 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 26, 2025, 10:51 PM CDT (03:51 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2025, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 26, 10:53 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Nne Elberta, AL	NWS Storm survey found an EF-1 tornado with a max wind of 95 mph occured near Kleinschmidt Road and County Road 87 northeast of Elberta Alabama. The tornado moved northeast where it reached a peak width of 125 yards resulting in damaging to a couple farm outbu

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 1048 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

427 
WFUS54 KMOB 270351
TORMOB
ALC003-270415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0032.251027T0351Z-251027T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1051 PM CDT Sun Oct 26 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 1115 PM CDT.

* At 1050 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Elberta, or 5 miles east of Foley, moving
  northeast at 15 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Baldwin County.

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 3040 8761 3042 8764 3051 8757 3051 8752
      3048 8748 3043 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 231DEG 13KT 3043 8760 

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

$$
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1 follow-up statement

324 
WWUS54 KMOB 270356
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1056 PM CDT Sun Oct 26 2025

ALC003-270415-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-251027T0415Z/
Baldwin AL-
1056 PM CDT Sun Oct 26 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...

At 1056 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Elberta, or 6
miles northeast of Foley, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Baldwin County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3041 8757 3044 8762 3051 8757 3051 8752
      3048 8748 3043 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 231DEG 13KT 3045 8758 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 26, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		84 min
Oct 26, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Oct 26, 9:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Oct 26, 9:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Oct 26, 11:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Oct 26, 11:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	35 min
Oct 26, 11:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Oct 26, 11:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Oct 26, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Oct 27, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		119 min
Oct 27, 3:00 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.