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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

March 11, 20264 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2026, 11:17 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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: Mar 11, 2026, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 11, 11:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Coffeeville, AL	Multiple trees down in Clarke county, blocking lanes of US-84 and AL-5.
Mar 11, 11:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Sunny South, AL	Multiple trees down in Clarke county, blocking lanes of US-84 and AL-5.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 11, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 90 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

127 
WUUS54 KMOB 120417
SVRMOB
ALC025-099-129-131-120500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0013.260312T0417Z-260312T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1117 PM CDT Wed Mar 11 2026

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Monroe County in south central Alabama...
  Northeastern Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
  Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
  Southwestern Wilcox County in south central Alabama...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1117 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 8 miles southeast of Putnam to 4 miles east of
  Chatom, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Jackson, Thomasville, Grove Hill, Saint Stephens, Leroy, Whatley,
  Pine Hill, Coffeeville, and Fulton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3136 8748 3149 8827 3170 8820 3170 8809
      3176 8810 3175 8814 3179 8817 3191 8812
      3193 8805 3194 8807 3193 8808 3194 8811
      3197 8809 3196 8807 3199 8807 3199 8767
      3201 8762 3213 8762 3213 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 276DEG 31KT 3194 8793 3147 8818 

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

$$

RD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	50 min
Mar 11, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	46 min
Mar 11, 10:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	25 min
Mar 11, 11:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	35 min
Mar 11, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	62 min
Mar 11, 11:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	28 min
Mar 11, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	51 min
Mar 11, 11:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	43 min
Mar 11, 11:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	50 min
Mar 11, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		84 min
Mar 11, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	62 min
Mar 12, 12:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	15 min
Mar 12, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	52 min
Mar 12, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	49 min
Mar 12, 12:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	30 min
Mar 12, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	49 min
Mar 12, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	62 min
Mar 12, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 min
Mar 12, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw	51 min
Mar 12, 2:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	67 min
Mar 12, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw	50 min
Mar 12, 3:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	32 min
Mar 12, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Mar 12, 9:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	21 days
Mar 12, 9:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	5 days

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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.