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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

May 22, 2026Choctaw County, Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2026, 10:01 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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: May 22, 2026, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2026, 10:30 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

As transmitted.

079 
WFUS54 KMOB 221501
TORMOB
ALC023-025-221530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0019.260522T1501Z-260522T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1001 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
  Northwestern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 1030 AM CDT.

* At 1001 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 5 miles south of Putnam, or 14 miles southeast
  of Butler, 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.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central Choctaw and northwestern Clarke Counties.

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 3199 8807 3199 8790 3187 8806 3192 8816
      3200 8811 3199 8810 3200 8809 3201 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 1501Z 220DEG 21KT 3194 8806 

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

$$

RD

1 follow-up statement

091 
WWUS54 KMOB 221511
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1011 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

ALC023-221520-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-260522T1530Z/
Choctaw AL-
1011 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3193 8798 3192 8801 3198 8808 3198 8806
      3199 8807 3199 8790
TIME...MOT...LOC 1510Z 227DEG 23KT 3198 8800 

$$

ALC025-221530-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-260522T1530Z/
Clarke AL-
1011 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY...

At 1010 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Putnam, or 15 miles southeast of Butler, 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.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Clarke 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 3193 8798 3192 8801 3198 8808 3198 8806
      3199 8807 3199 8790
TIME...MOT...LOC 1510Z 227DEG 23KT 3198 8800 

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

$$

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, 9:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	40 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, 10:22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.