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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Mobile, AL

August 26, 2026Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2026, 4:56 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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 26, 2026, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2026, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 1163 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

319 
WUUS54 KMOB 262156
SVRMOB
ALC097-262245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0161.260826T2156Z-260826T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
456 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 456 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast
  of Big Point, or 10 miles north of Grand Bay, and is nearly
  stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Grand Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3070 8841 3074 8830 3050 8821 3046 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 336DEG 4KT 3063 8840 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MM

3 follow-up statements

074 
WWUS54 KMOB 262210
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
510 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

ALC097-262245-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-260826T2245Z/
Mobile AL-
510 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...

At 510 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles east of Big
Point, or 7 miles north of Grand Bay, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Grand Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3069 8841 3071 8829 3059 8825 3050 8821
      3046 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 337DEG 10KT 3058 8837 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MM

483 
WWUS54 KMOB 262218
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
518 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

ALC097-262245-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-260826T2245Z/
Mobile AL-
518 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...

At 517 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of
Grand Bay, moving south at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Grand Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3067 8841 3070 8829 3059 8825 3050 8821
      3046 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 339DEG 10KT 3057 8836 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MM

147 
WWUS54 KMOB 262241
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
541 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

ALC097-262250-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-260826T2245Z/
Mobile AL-
541 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...

The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3067 8841 3070 8829 3059 8825 3050 8821
      3046 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 336DEG 4KT 3055 8835 

$$

JP

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 26, 1:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Updated at 111 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026
Shower and thunderstorm chances will steadily increase in coverage each afternoon through Friday, gradually diminishing this weekend. Storms will be capable of producing strong to locally damaging wind gusts, heavy rain, and frequent lightning.
Summer continues across the area with heat indices topping out at around 100-107 degrees each day.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Mobile AL
111 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

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

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 111 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

- Shower and thunderstorm chances will steadily increase in
  coverage each afternoon through Friday, gradually diminishing
  this weekend. Storms will be capable of producing strong to
  locally damaging wind gusts, heavy rain, and frequent lightning.

- Summer continues across the area with heat indices topping out
  at around 100-107 degrees each day.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 111 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

A broad mid-level trough will amplify through the day and dig
southward as a ridge to our west retrogrades. This will place the
forecast area under stronger northwest flow aloft through the end
of the work week. Several shortwaves are expected to rotate
around the base of the trough, enhancing the forcing over the
area. Given the moist airmass, PWs near 2 inches, this forcing
will aid in afternoon convection, which we're starting to see over
our northwest counties. A few storms may develop strong enough
updrafts to produce gusty winds this afternoon. Otherwise, temps
will climb into the lower to mid 90s this afternoon.

The trough will continue to amplify overnight, while surface flow
remains relatively weak. Meanwhile, a cluster of storms currently
moving through the Midsouth will likely spark additional outflows
through the afternoon. Guidance is picking up on these boundaries
and developing additional thunderstorms overnight. Given the
forcing aloft as a shortwave traverses the region, storms are
expected to continue overnight, reaching our northern zones early
Thursday morning. There are a lot of discrepancies on timing and
location, but there's enough consensus to warrant scattered to
numerous PoPs beginning early Thursday morning. An inversion
overnight may alleviate the potential for any of these storms
becoming severe; however, I'm not too confident that we will cool
as much as guidance is suggesting. So, all of that is to say
we'll likely begin to see thunderstorms developing near sunrise,
with a potential for a couple of rounds of thunderstorms through
the day. The main threat with these storms will be locally heavy
rainfall. Where storms train over the same area or if rainfall
rates are high enough, some flash flooding is possible.

Although the bulk of precip will come to an end Thursday evening, a
boundary is expected to stall in the vicinity of the area, though
uncertainty remains high on exactly where this boundary stalls. The
trough will remain over the area on Friday, with additional
thunderstorms expected to develop along the boundary. At this point,
the most likely areas to see storms will be along and east/south of
I-65. This may change over the next day or two, as we gain more
clarity on where the boundary stalls. Rain chances will decrease
through the weekend as the ridge to our west pushes east and the
trough exits the area. /73

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 111 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

VFR conditions will prevail through much of the forecast period.
Afternoon showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop, but
with lower confidence, have opted to keep the PROP30 group. This
activity will come to an end around sunset. Additional storms are
possible Thursday morning and may be included in subsequent
updates as confidence increases. /73

&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 111 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

No impacts expected other than locally higher winds and seas
possible near thunderstorms. /73

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Mobile      73  89  71  88 /  30  80  50  70
Pensacola   76  88  74  87 /  30  80  60  60
Destin      77  87  75  86 /  40  80  50  50
Evergreen   70  90  69  89 /  40  80  40  70
Waynesboro  72  91  70  92 /  50  60  50  50
Camden      72  88  71  89 /  40  70  50  60
Crestview   71  90  70  87 /  30  70  40  70

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...None.
FL...None.
MS...None.
GM...None.
&&

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 12:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1216 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

ALZ051-053-261800-
Clarke AL-Choctaw AL-
1216 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CHOCTAW AND NORTHWESTERN CLARKE
COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM CDT...

At 1215 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles southeast of Snell, or 13 miles west of Butler. This storm was
nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea 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...
Butler, Lisman, Gilbertown, and Toxey.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3206 8812
      3202 8812 3199 8810 3201 8809 3199 8807
      3199 8794 3180 8808 3179 8843 3189 8847
      3220 8844 3226 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 340DEG 4KT 3214 8845

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 1:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
121 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

ALZ053-054-261900-
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-
121 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND
SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM CDT...

At 121 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles west of Thomasville, moving east at 20 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 and Pine Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3181 8750 3181 8752 3177 8752 3184 8791
      3199 8793 3199 8767 3200 8766 3200 8763
      3203 8762 3204 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 264DEG 17KT 3192 8781

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

MM

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 1:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
144 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

ALZ051-052-MSZ067-261930-
Choctaw AL-Washington AL-Wayne MS-
144 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 230
PM CDT...

At 144 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northeast of Waynesboro, moving east 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...
Silas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3162 8863 3185 8858 3182 8827 3154 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 280DEG 5KT 3176 8852

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

MM

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 2:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
227 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

ALZ051-262015-
Choctaw AL-
227 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY THROUGH
315 PM CDT...

At 226 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Kinterbish, or 9 miles southeast of Cuba, 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...
Pennington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3231 8805 3221 8801 3217 8801 3218 8840
      3231 8838
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 346DEG 8KT 3235 8825

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

MM

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
338 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

ALZ261-262130-
Mobile Inland AL-
338 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY
THROUGH 430 PM CDT...

At 338 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles west of Gulfcrest, or 9 miles southwest of Citronelle, 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...
Chunchula, Gulfcrest, and Wilmer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3091 8842 3108 8843 3112 8835 3112 8833
      3094 8808 3079 8830 3080 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 325DEG 8KT 3100 8836

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

MM

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:28 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
428 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

ALZ263-262215-
Mobile Central AL-
428 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

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

At 428 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Mobile Regional Airport, or 4 miles west of Midtown Mobile. This
storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Tillmans Corner, Semmes, Tanner
Williams, I10 And I65, and Mobile Regional Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3052 8827 3072 8840 3080 8825 3079 8814
      3066 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 311DEG 3KT 3069 8820

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

MM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 12:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	44 min
Aug 26, 1:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	39 min
Aug 26, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	48 min
Aug 26, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	52 min
Aug 26, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	47 min
Aug 26, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	50 min
Aug 26, 4:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	3 hr
Aug 26, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	51 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.