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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 6, 2026Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2026, 6:21 PM CDT for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 6, 2026, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2026-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2242 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2026-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

251 
WWUS84 KMOB 062321
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
621 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026
 
ALZ053-055-070000-
Clarke AL-Monroe AL-
621 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN MONROE AND EAST CENTRAL
CLARKE COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM CDT...

At 621 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southeast of Whatley, or 14 miles northwest of Frisco City.
This storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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 western Monroe and
east central Clarke Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3153 8749 3153 8760 3156 8765 3169 8766
      3168 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 182DEG 1KT 3160 8756 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

MM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin46 min
Aug 6, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin48 min
Aug 6, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke38 min
Aug 6, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry39 min

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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.