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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

May 6, 2026Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 6, 2026, 6:33 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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
May 6, 2026, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
40

County Wilcox County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 6, 2:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 6:33 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
633 PM CDT Wed May 6 2026

ALZ054-070000-
Wilcox AL-
633 PM CDT Wed May 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY THROUGH
700 PM CDT...

At 632 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles west of Dannelly Reservoir, or 9 miles north of Camden, moving
east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Wilcox
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central
Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3220 8736 3220 8733 3218 8732 3216 8729
      3214 8728 3215 8727 3214 8725 3212 8726
      3212 8725 3210 8723 3208 8719 3207 8719
      3206 8718 3205 8718 3201 8738 3218 8745
      3221 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 250DEG 33KT 3212 8734

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

JLH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 9:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene7 days

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