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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2026, 4:12 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 17, 2026, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 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), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2420 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
463 WUUS54 KMOB 172112 SVRMOB ALC003-FLC033-172200- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0113.260817T2112Z-260817T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Mobile AL 412 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026 The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama... Northwestern Escambia County in northwestern Florida... * Until 500 PM CDT. * At 412 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southwest of Bratt, or 10 miles southwest of Atmore, moving south at 10 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 central Baldwin and northwestern Escambia Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3096 8768 3095 8744 3068 8740 3069 8775 TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 002DEG 8KT 3089 8758 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ MM
2 follow-up statements
010 WWUS54 KMOB 172140 SVSMOB Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 440 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026 ALC003-FLC033-172200- /O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-260817T2200Z/ Baldwin AL-Escambia FL- 440 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES... At 440 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles southwest of Bratt, or 14 miles southeast of Bay Minette, moving southwest at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Baldwin and northwestern Escambia Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3090 8765 3086 8743 3068 8740 3069 8775 TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 024DEG 7KT 3080 8754 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ MM
373 WWUS54 KMOB 172152 SVSMOB Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 452 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026 ALC003-FLC033-172202- /O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-260817T2200Z/ Baldwin AL-Escambia FL- 452 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT... 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 will be allowed to expire. LAT...LON 3090 8765 3086 8743 3068 8740 3069 8775 TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 002DEG 8KT 3078 8754 $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 11:48 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Aug 17, 11:48 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 32 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 18 min |
| Aug 17, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Aug 17, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Aug 17, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Aug 17, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 min | |
| Aug 17, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 48 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.