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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 18, 2026Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2026, 3:49 PM CDT for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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 18, 2026, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2026, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Monroe County, AL

The radar

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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 18, 1:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:10 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw41 min
Jul 17, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Crenshaw41 min
Jul 18, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington46 min
Jul 18, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile51 min
Jul 18, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB52 min
Jul 18, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin50 min
Jul 18, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile33 min
Jul 18, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe46 min
Jul 18, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile38 min
Jul 18, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB79 min
Jul 18, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh41 min
Jul 18, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB51 min
Jul 18, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
Jul 18, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke47 min
Jul 18, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Jul 18, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB67 min
Jul 18, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Jul 18, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin47 min
Jul 18, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB80 min
Jul 18, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa33 min
Jul 18, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia42 min
Jul 18, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa40 min
Jul 18, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia53 min
Jul 18, 1:23 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne30 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.