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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 23, 2026Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2026, 9:13 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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 23, 2026, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

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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 23, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 8:31 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 9:13 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 23, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	44 min
Aug 23, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	46 min
Aug 23, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	46 min
Aug 23, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		59 min
Aug 23, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	42 min
Aug 24, 11:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox	39 min
Aug 24, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	47 min
Aug 24, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke	45 min
Aug 24, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	44 min
Aug 24, 1:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	45 min
Aug 24, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	41 min
Aug 24, 1:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		63 min
Aug 24, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	27 min
Aug 24, 1:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		67 min
Aug 24, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	49 min
Aug 24, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	40 min
Aug 24, 3:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	41 min
Aug 24, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		46 min
Aug 24, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		57 min
Aug 24, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	43 min
Aug 24, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.