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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 7, 2026Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2026, 12:49 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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: Jul 7, 2026, 12:49 PM CDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2026, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Conecuh County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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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 Jul 7, 12:34 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 12:34 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 7, 12:11 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1211 PM CDT Tue Jul 7 2026

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

0200 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 ESE Leakesville       31.14N 88.53W
07/07/2026                   Greene             MS   Emergency Mngr

            EM reports multiple trees down near and
            around the Chickasawaves Waterpark and the
            Wild Country Events Center. Time estimated
            via radar.

&&

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1249 PM CDT Tue Jul 7 2026

ALZ056-059-060-071830-
Conecuh AL-Covington AL-Escambia AL-
1249 PM CDT Tue Jul 7 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN ESCAMBIA...SOUTHEASTERN
CONECUH AND SOUTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM CDT...

At 1249 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles southeast of Castleberry, or 15 miles northeast of Brewton,
moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of eastern Escambia,
southeastern Conecuh and southwestern Covington Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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LAT...LON 3104 8702 3128 8697 3138 8661 3101 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 260DEG 9KT 3121 8684

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	38 min
Jul 7, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		66 min
Jul 7, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	49 min
Jul 7, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	43 min
Jul 7, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	34 min
Jul 7, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	40 min

Nearby

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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.