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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL

May 22, 2026Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2026, 9:20 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2026, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 22, 9:28 AM CDT	TORNADO	1 Ssw Isney, AL	Available Sentinel 2 satellite imagery revealed a weak EF0 tornado occurred in the Isney area. The tornado began south of Wildflower Road, tracking northeast across Poultry Road, causing a roughly 180-yard-wide corridor of tree damage. This tornado also crosse

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

928 
WFUS54 KMOB 221420
TORMOB
ALC023-221500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0018.260522T1420Z-260522T1500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
920 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 1000 AM CDT.

* At 920 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles northeast of Waynesboro, moving northeast at 20
  mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Choctaw County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3180 8824 3173 8847 3183 8847 3192 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 238DEG 16KT 3175 8850 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

RD

2 follow-up statements

974 
WWUS54 KMOB 221448
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
948 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

ALC023-221500-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-260522T1500Z/
Choctaw AL-
948 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...

At 948 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles southwest of Gilbertown, or 19 miles northeast of
Waynesboro, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
Gilbertown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3177 8840 3184 8845 3191 8835 3182 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 241DEG 20KT 3183 8836 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

RD

898 
WWUS54 KMOB 221456
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
956 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

ALC023-221505-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-260522T1500Z/
Choctaw AL-
956 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1000 AM CDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3177 8840 3184 8845 3191 8835 3182 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1455Z 238DEG 16KT 3184 8833 

$$

RD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	44 min
May 22, 3:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	47 min
May 22, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	34 min
May 22, 8:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	34 min
May 22, 9:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	48 min
May 22, 9:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe	3 hr
May 22, 10:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	29 min
May 22, 10:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile	3 hr
May 22, 10:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	30 min
May 22, 10:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	3 hr
May 22, 10:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	3 hr
May 22, 10:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	32 min
May 22, 12:00 PM CDT	Rip Current Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	19 hr
May 22, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		35 min
May 22, 12:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	9 hr
May 22, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	30 min
May 22, 12:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	5 hr
May 22, 12:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	5 hr
May 22, 1:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
May 22, 1:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	49 min
May 22, 1:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	5 hr
May 22, 1:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	23 hr
May 22, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	34 min
May 22, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	55 min
May 22, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	29 min
May 22, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.