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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 12, 2026, 2:08 AM CDT for Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 67 min. 3 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 12, 2026, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2026, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12, 2:38 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 45 | Milton Near Whitin, FL | AWOS station KNSE at Whiting Fld NAS gusted to 45 mph. |
| Mar 12, 2:42 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 1 Nne Pensacola Interna, FL | ASOS station KPNS Pensacola gusted to 54 mph. |
| Mar 12, 3:04 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 8 Nw Navarre, FL | AWOS station KNFJ 8 NW Navarre gusted to 51 mph. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
660
WWUS84 KMOB 120708
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
208 AM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026
ALZ056>060-264-266-FLZ201>206-120815-
Conecuh AL-Covington AL-Baldwin Coastal AL-Baldwin Central AL-
Butler AL-Escambia AL-Crenshaw AL-Escambia Inland FL-
Santa Rosa Inland FL-Okaloosa Inland FL-Okaloosa Coastal FL-
Santa Rosa Coastal FL-Escambia Coastal FL-
208 AM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER...
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN...CRENSHAW...EASTERN ESCAMBIA...SOUTHEASTERN
CONECUH...COVINGTON...OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA AND EASTERN ESCAMBIA
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 AM CDT...
At 208 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 4 miles west of Highland Home to 3 miles south
of Elberta. Movement was east at 40 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...
Pensacola, Ferry Pass, Brent, West Pensacola, Wright, Fort Walton
Beach, Ensley, Warrington, Crestview, Niceville, Gonzalez, Destin,
Andalusia, Eglin AFB, Pace, Milton, Opp, Valparaiso, Gulf Breeze, and
Brewton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Alabama...and northwestern Florida.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8620 3100 8619 3099 8639 3046 8639
3046 8635 3028 8642 3029 8772 3197 8643
3199 8641 3196 8619 3179 8620 3176 8615
3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 260DEG 49KT 3194 8639 3036 8761
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$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, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 43 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 | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 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, 2:24 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 |
| Mar 12, 3:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 42 min |
| Mar 11, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 67 min |
| Mar 11, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 41 min |
| Mar 11, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 65 min |
| Mar 11, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 25 min |
| Mar 11, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 9:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 3 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.