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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 2, 2026Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2026, 1:06 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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: Aug 2, 2026, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2026, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Covington County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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: 133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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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 Aug 2, 12:31 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 12:31 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:13 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1213 PM CDT Sun Aug 2 2026

FLZ205-206-021745-
Okaloosa Inland FL-Okaloosa Coastal FL-
1213 PM CDT Sun Aug 2 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY
THROUGH 1245 PM CDT...

At 1213 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Niceville, 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.

Locations impacted include...
Niceville and Valparaiso.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3047 8655 3063 8655 3066 8639 3048 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 267DEG 10KT 3055 8647

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

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:06 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
Aug 2, 7:28 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		92 min
Aug 2, 10:07 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		67 min
Aug 2, 10:08 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		52 min
Aug 2, 10:44 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		91 min
Aug 2, 10:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		35 min
Aug 2, 11:01 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Aug 2, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	30 min
Aug 2, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	32 min
Aug 2, 12:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia	3 hr

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.