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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

May 22, 2026Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2026, 3:05 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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 22, 2026, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Covington County, AL

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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 22, 2:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 2:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 12:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1216 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026

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

1100 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 SSE Morvin            31.95N 87.98W
05/22/2026                   Clarke             AL   Dept of Highways

            Tree down across AL 69 blocking both the
            northbound and southbound lanes.

&&

Special weather statement, May 22, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1230 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026

ALZ263-265-221800-
Mobile Coastal AL-Mobile Central AL-
1230 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY
THROUGH 100 PM CDT...

At 1229 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles east of Grand Bay, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Tillmans Corner, Theodore, Grand Bay, Bayou La Batre,
Coden, I10 And I65, and Mobile Regional Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3036 8823 3045 8840 3076 8820 3067 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 211DEG 33KT 3047 8828

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, May 22, 1:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
111 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026

ALZ262>264-221900-
Baldwin Central AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Mobile Central AL-
111 PM CDT Fri May 22 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MOBILE AND WEST CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM CDT...

At 111 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles east of Chickasaw, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Downtown Mobile, Bay Minette, and Stapleton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3070 8805 3080 8807 3079 8799 3081 8799
      3080 8801 3081 8800 3082 8800 3082 8797
      3084 8798 3083 8797 3082 8795 3084 8795
      3085 8796 3085 8798 3086 8796 3093 8770
      3074 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 256DEG 20KT 3076 8800

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, May 22, 2:26 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 2:27 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 3:05 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	44 min
May 22, 3:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	47 min
May 22, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	34 min
May 22, 8:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	34 min
May 22, 9:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	40 min
May 22, 9:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	48 min
May 22, 9:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe	3 hr
May 22, 10:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	29 min
May 22, 10:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile	3 hr
May 22, 10:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	30 min
May 22, 10:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	3 hr
May 22, 10:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	3 hr
May 22, 10:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	32 min
May 22, 12:00 PM CDT	Rip Current Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	19 hr
May 22, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		35 min
May 22, 12:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	9 hr
May 22, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	30 min
May 22, 12:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	5 hr
May 22, 12:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	5 hr
May 22, 1:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
May 22, 1:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	49 min
May 22, 1:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	5 hr
May 22, 1:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	23 hr
May 22, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	34 min
May 22, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	29 min
May 22, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		67 min
May 22, 8:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	39 min
May 22, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry	33 min
May 22, 3:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Perry	4 hr
May 22, 4:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Stone	4 hr
May 22, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Stone	43 min
May 22, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	44 min

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.