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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Mobile, AL

August 19, 2026Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2026, 5:59 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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 19, 2026, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2026, 6:33 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 3001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

805 
WUUS54 KMOB 192259
SVRMOB
ALC097-192345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0131.260819T2259Z-260819T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
559 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 558 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over I10 And I65,
  or 4 miles east of Tillmans Corner, and is nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Tillmans Corner, Theodore, and I10 And I65.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3068 8816 3065 8797 3049 8799 3052 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 009DEG 4KT 3061 8809 

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

$$

MM

2 follow-up statements

619 
WWUS54 KMOB 192327
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
627 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

ALC097-192345-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-260819T2345Z/
Mobile AL-
627 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...

At 626 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tillmans
Corner, moving south at 5 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Tillmans Corner, Theodore, and I10 And I65.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3052 8820 3052 8821 3063 8818 3066 8817
      3062 8808 3050 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 013DEG 5KT 3058 8812 

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

$$

MM

153 
WWUS54 KMOB 192333
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
633 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

ALC097-192343-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-260819T2345Z/
Mobile AL-
633 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY 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.  However, gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3052 8820 3052 8821 3063 8818 3066 8817
      3062 8808 3050 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 009DEG 4KT 3057 8812 

$$

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 Aug 19, 2:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Updated at 237 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026
Abnormally hot conditions continue with another Heat Advisory in effect for all locations Thursday as afternoon heat indices rise into the 108 to 112 range. Additional heat advisories will likely be needed through the rest of the week.
Scattered afternoon thunderstorms will continue to be capable of producing brief heavy rainfall and locally strong to damaging wind gusts.
There is a Moderate risk of rip currents for area beaches in Florida through Thursday.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 2:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Mobile AL
237 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

...New DISCUSSION, MARINE...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 237 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

- Abnormally hot conditions continue with another Heat Advisory in
  effect for all locations Thursday as afternoon heat indices
  rise into the 108 to 112 range. Additional heat advisories will
  likely be needed through the rest of the week.

- Scattered afternoon thunderstorms will continue to be capable of
  producing brief heavy rainfall and locally strong to damaging
  wind gusts.

- There is a Moderate risk of rip currents for area beaches in
  Florida through Thursday.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 237 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

We issued the next Heat Advisory for our entire forecast area for
Thursday as high temperatures again will be in the middle to upper
90s, and when combined with surface dewpoints ranging from 73 to
77 degrees, maximum apparent temperatures (heat indices) should
range from 105-110 degrees. The same is expected for Friday, so
expected more Heat Advisories to come.

For the past couple of days we have seen convection develop inland
each afternoon and move southward, with many producing damaging
thunderstorm wind gusts. We expect the same for this afternoon,
and Thursday and Friday afternoons as we remain along the eastern
periphery of an upper ridge to our west with an upper trough
digging southward over the eastern CONUS. As daytime heating leads
to decreasing stability each afternoon, the environment will be
supportive of a few strong to marginal severe storms capable of
gusty surface winds, small hail, and frequent lightning as SBCAPE
values escalate to around 3,000 to 4,000j/kg. As a result, the
Storm Prediction Center has a Marginal Risk of severe weather
outlooked for our area today and Thursday. Friday is a wait and
see situation.

With the base of the upper trough reaching it's southernmost
extent (into the northeastern Gulf) by the weekend, this will
place our region in a deep northerly flow pattern, advecting in a
drier air mass with PWATs dipping below 1.5 inches. There is also
the potential for a surface boundary to enter our forecast area
over the weekend. While this won't have much affect on the ambient
temperatures, it should be enough to lower surface dewpoints and
heat indices to where advisories will not be needed. In addition,
there is a much lower chance of storms, so it is shaping up to be
a nice weekend.

The rip current risk gradually tapers as we head through the rest
of the week, with a moderate risk for the Florida Panhandle
becoming a low risk by Friday. A low risk will remain for the
Alabama coastline through the end of the week. /22

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1248 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

VFR conditions will prevail through Thursday morning. Showers and
thunderstorms will develop after 19z and move southward into early
evening before dissipating. MVFR ceilings and periods of LIFR/IFR
visibilites are expected with the stronger storms, along with
frequent lightning and heavy rain. Impact to operations may occur.
southwesterly wind 5 to 10 knots during the day will become light
overnight. /22

&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 237 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

A light to occasionally moderate mostly westerly flow pattern
persists into next week. Winds are expected to shift northwesterly
late each night and then southwesterly in the afternoon. Isolated
to potentially scattered showers and storms can be expected each
morning with locally higher seas and winds near storms. /22

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Mobile      76  95  75  95 /  10  30  10  40
Pensacola   79  94  78  93 /  10  30  20  40
Destin      80  93  79  92 /  10  40  10  30
Evergreen   73  98  72  97 /  20  40  30  60
Waynesboro  74  99  73  98 /  20  30  20  50
Camden      74  97  73  95 /  10  30  30  50
Crestview   74  96  73  96 /  10  40  20  50

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT this evening for ALZ051>060-261>266.

     Heat Advisory from 11 AM to 8 PM CDT Thursday for ALZ051>060-
     261>266.

FL...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT this evening for FLZ201>206.

     Heat Advisory from 11 AM to 8 PM CDT Thursday for FLZ201>206.

MS...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT this evening for MSZ067-075-076-078-
     079.

     Heat Advisory from 11 AM to 8 PM CDT Thursday for MSZ067-075-076-
     078-079.

GM...None.
&&

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:12 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
512 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

ALZ059-FLZ201-192300-
Escambia AL-Escambia Inland FL-
512 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN ESCAMBIA AND
NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...

At 512 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
I65 And AL 21, or 4 miles north of Atmore, moving south 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...
Atmore, McCullough, I65 And CR 1, I65 And AL 21, Bratt, and Poarch
Creek Reservation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3092 8761 3095 8759 3097 8759 3100 8760
      3100 8762 3124 8761 3123 8755 3125 8752
      3125 8751 3126 8748 3126 8746 3109 8732
      3086 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 003DEG 8KT 3109 8749

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

MM

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:13 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
513 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

ALZ053-192300-
Clarke AL-
513 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY
THROUGH 600 PM CDT...

At 513 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles west of Thomasville, moving south 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...
Thomasville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3183 8766 3182 8792 3199 8796 3199 8773
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 345DEG 9KT 3194 8784

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

MM

Local storm report, Aug 19, 5:19 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mobile AL
519 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     Marine Tstm Wind 6 WSW Navarre           30.38N 86.96W
08/19/2026  M40 MPH          GMZ634             FL   Mesonet

            35 Knot Wind Gust at Santa Rosa Sound DB127
            (Data is provided by WeatherFlow Networks).

&&

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:27 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
527 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

ALZ263-265-192315-
Mobile Coastal AL-Mobile Central AL-
527 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY THROUGH
615 PM CDT...

At 526 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
I10 And I65, or 6 miles south of Downtown Mobile. 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.

Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile and I10 And I65.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3051 8818 3070 8813 3069 8806 3068 8800
      3046 8806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 012DEG 3KT 3061 8807

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

MM

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:31 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
531 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

ALZ264-266-FLZ202-192315-
Baldwin Coastal AL-Baldwin Central AL-Escambia Coastal FL-
531 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM CDT...

At 531 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 3 miles southwest of Loxley to 4 miles
northeast of Elberta to 3 miles northwest of Myrtle Grove. Movement
was south 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...
Brent, West Pensacola, Warrington, Foley, Robertsdale, Loxley,
Lillian, Myrtle Grove, Magnolia Springs, Summerdale, Silverhill,
Perdido Beach, and Elberta.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3047 8791 3032 8763 3031 8722 3050 8724
      3053 8753 3069 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 017DEG 9KT 3059 8779 3047 8756 3045 8735

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

MM

Local storm report, Aug 19, 5:44 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mobile AL
544 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 WNW Pensacola Interna 30.48N 87.21W
08/19/2026  M56 MPH          Escambia           FL   Mesonet

            WeatherSTEM station at Bookker T. Washington
            High School measured wind gust of 56 mph.

&&

JGC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	50 min
Aug 18, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		60 min
Aug 18, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	46 min
Aug 18, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	41 min
Aug 18, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	51 min
Aug 18, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	42 min
Aug 18, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	48 min
Aug 19, 11:57 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		48 min
Aug 19, 1:00 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more	31 hr
Aug 19, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		47 min
Aug 19, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	49 min
Aug 19, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		88 min
Aug 19, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		87 min
Aug 19, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	24 min
Aug 19, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		40 min
Aug 19, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	48 min
Aug 19, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	45 min
Aug 19, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	52 min
Aug 19, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		92 min
Aug 19, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	48 min
Aug 19, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	47 min
Aug 19, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		86 min
Aug 19, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	48 min
Aug 19, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		56 min
Aug 19, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	52 min
Aug 19, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	42 min
Aug 19, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	48 min
Aug 19, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		55 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.