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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Mobile, AL

July 30, 2026Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2026, 4:42 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 17 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: Jul 30, 2026, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2026, 4:59 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 1493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

170 
WUUS54 KMOB 302142
SVRMOB
ALC003-FLC033-302215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0102.260730T2142Z-260730T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
442 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
  West central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 442 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
  of Loxley, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  east central Baldwin and west central Escambia Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3060 8774 3075 8770 3075 8734 3049 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 281DEG 17KT 3066 8764 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement

362 
WWUS54 KMOB 302159
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
459 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

ALC003-FLC033-302209-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-260730T2215Z/
Baldwin AL-Escambia FL-
459 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN AND WEST
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3060 8774 3075 8770 3075 8734 3049 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 281DEG 17KT 3065 8756 

$$

MM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 30, 11:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Updated at 1037 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026
Hot conditions continue today with heat index values of 108-112 possible.
Thunderstorm chances increase this afternoon through the weekend. A few storms may produce strong to locally damaging wind gusts, torrential rainfall, and frequent cloud to ground lightning.
A High Risk of rip currents is expected to return this weekend for all area beaches.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 11:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1125 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

...New DISCUSSION, AVIATION, MARINE...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 1037 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

- Hot conditions continue today with heat index values of 108-112 possible.

- Thunderstorm chances increase this afternoon through the
  weekend. A few storms may produce strong to locally damaging
  wind gusts, torrential rainfall, and frequent cloud to ground
  lightning.

- A High Risk of rip currents is expected to return this weekend
  for all area beaches.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 1037 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

The heat finally begins to relax as we enter a much more active
pattern for showers and thunderstorms late week into the weekend.
Upper troughing begins to nudge its way into the area as upper
ridging retreats westward, allowing for northerly flow aloft to
prevail through Friday night and more westerly flow around the
base of the trough this weekend. This will allow for several
weak shortwaves to track across the region over the next few
days, providing for daily scattered to numerous showers and
thunderstorms. A surface cold front attempts to work its way
southward towards the area, but will likely hang up just north of
the forecast area. Today is the last day of heat advisories as
heat indices rise into the 108 to 112 range this afternoon, with
heat indices below criteria in the 100 to 105 range Friday
areawide. With that said, high temperatures top out in the middle
to upper 90's today and upper 80's to lower 90's Friday and into
the weekend. Overnight lows stay hot in the middle to upper 70's.

With the increase in coverage of showers and storms, there will
also be a chance for strong to severe thunderstorms any given
afternoon through this weekend. Some mid-level dry air begins
working its way into the area which should allow for more robust
downdrafts with any storms. Strong to locally damaging wind gusts
associated with these microbursts will be possible in any storm,
particularly as we get into the weekend. Shear is fairly weak, but
can't rule out some loosely organized multi-cell clusters or
bowing segments. In addition to this, locally heavy rainfall is
likely with storms. If storms train over the same areas or decide
to sit over any given location for a prolonged period of time,
localized flash flooding could be possible.

As we head into next week the upper trough lifts out and we
gradually get upper ridging to work its way back into the area.
Afternoon highs warm into the lower to middle 90's again and rain
chances diminish to more isolated to scattered coverage each day
next week.

A Moderate risk of rip currents continues today through Friday,
becoming a High risk of rip currents for all area beaches as we
get into the weekend. MM/25

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1037 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

VFR flight category is expected to prevail across the area through
tonight. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are
expected this afternoon and evening across the region, temporarily
reducing flight category and potentially producing variable and
strong wind gusts. Winds remain generally out of the west around 5
to 10 knots today, relaxing to light and variable at night. MM/25

&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 1037 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Light to moderate westerly winds becomes a moderate to occasionally
strong westerly to southwesterly flow for Saturday night through
Sunday before diminishing on Monday. Small Craft should exercise
caution this weekend, and forecast trends will be monitored for
the potential need of Small Craft Advisories at some point this
weekend. Scattered to numerous showers and storms become possible
through late week, with best chances this weekend. MM/25

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Mobile      75  92  75  91 /  50  80  50  60
Pensacola   79  91  77  90 /  50  80  70  70
Destin      80  90  78  89 /  40  80  70  80
Evergreen   73  92  72  88 /  40  70  50  80
Waynesboro  74  93  74  91 /  40  80  40  60
Camden      74  91  73  87 /  40  60  50  80
Crestview   75  93  74  90 /  50  80  60  80

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for ALZ051>053-059-
     261>266.

FL...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for FLZ201>206.

MS...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for MSZ067-075-076-078-
     079.

GM...None.
&&

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
302 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

ALZ060-FLZ205-302045-
Covington AL-Okaloosa Inland FL-
302 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL COVINGTON AND
NORTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM CDT...

At 302 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Lockhart, or near Florala, moving south at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Florala, Laurel Hill, and Lockhart.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3099 8639 3081 8639 3081 8648 3107 8648
      3107 8628 3099 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 359DEG 5KT 3099 8639

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

MM

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
321 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

MSZ067-302100-
Wayne MS-
321 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY
THROUGH 400 PM CDT...

At 321 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles southeast of Heidelberg, or 15 miles northeast of Laurel. This
storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Wayne
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3182 8894 3183 8889 3183 8881 3168 8874
      3167 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 359DEG 3KT 3182 8895

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

MM

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
324 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

ALZ054-302115-
Wilcox AL-
324 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY THROUGH
415 PM CDT...

At 323 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles west of Dannelly Reservoir, or 10 miles north of Camden, moving
south at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Camden and Yellow Bluff.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3224 8741 3224 8739 3220 8736 3220 8733
      3214 8728 3215 8727 3214 8725 3212 8726
      3212 8725 3210 8723 3208 8719 3207 8719
      3206 8718 3205 8718 3205 8714 3189 8713
      3192 8750 3225 8743
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 005DEG 15KT 3215 8729

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

MM

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
336 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

ALZ262>264-302115-
Baldwin Central AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Mobile Central AL-
336 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MOBILE AND WEST CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM CDT...

At 335 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles east of Saraland to near Prichard.
Movement was southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Downtown Mobile, Midtown Mobile, Prichard, Daphne, Chickasaw, Spanish
Fort, Stapleton, and I65 And I165.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3074 8818 3080 8808 3079 8799 3081 8799
      3080 8801 3081 8800 3082 8800 3082 8799
      3083 8798 3082 8796 3083 8794 3085 8796
      3083 8797 3084 8798 3087 8796 3077 8763
      3049 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 304DEG 8KT 3079 8797 3070 8809

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

MM

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:56 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
356 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

ALZ261-263-MSZ079-302145-
Mobile Inland AL-Mobile Central AL-George MS-
356 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL MOBILE AND
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM CDT...

At 356 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wilmer, or 14 miles northwest of Midtown Mobile, moving southeast at
10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Semmes, Tanner Williams, Mobile Regional Airport, and
Wilmer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3051 8834 3066 8841 3074 8841 3074 8845
      3081 8848 3090 8833 3069 8806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 320DEG 10KT 3078 8836

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

MM

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 4:36 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
436 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

ALZ057-302215-
Butler AL-
436 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY
THROUGH 515 PM CDT...

At 436 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles northwest of Georgiana, or 13 miles southwest of Greenville,
moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Georgiana.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3153 8665 3159 8688 3159 8689 3161 8689
      3163 8691 3167 8691 3180 8687 3180 8660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 264DEG 7KT 3169 8678

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

MM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	46 min
Jul 30, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	33 min
Jul 30, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		64 min
Jul 30, 1:17 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		73 min
Jul 30, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	49 min
Jul 30, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	50 min
Jul 30, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		85 min
Jul 30, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	43 min
Jul 30, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	51 min
Jul 30, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	39 min
Jul 30, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		49 min
Jul 30, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	44 min
Jul 30, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	49 min
Jul 30, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	39 min
Jul 30, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	34 min
Jul 30, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	39 min
Jul 30, 4:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	3 hr
Jul 30, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	45 min
Jul 30, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	49 min
Jul 30, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	64 min
Jul 30, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	23 min
Jul 30, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	27 min
Jul 30, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	46 min
Jul 30, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	39 min
Jul 30, 2:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia	7 min
Jul 30, 2:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	3 hr
Jul 30, 2:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia	3 hr
Jul 30, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	40 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.