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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

May 22, 2026Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2026, 10:58 AM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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, 10:58 AM CDT (15:58 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2026, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 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, 11:00 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Morvin, AL	Tree down across AL 69 blocking both the northbound and southbound lanes.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

265 
WFUS54 KMOB 221558
TORMOB
ALC025-221630-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0021.260522T1558Z-260522T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1058 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 1130 AM CDT.

* At 1057 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 6 miles south of Putnam, or 16 miles southeast
  of Butler, moving northeast at 15 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 3199 8789 3190 8800 3192 8805 3194 8806
      3199 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 1557Z 226DEG 14KT 3193 8802 

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

$$

RD

2 follow-up statements

655 
WWUS54 KMOB 221622
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1122 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

ALC025-221630-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-260522T1630Z/
Clarke AL-
1122 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY...

At 1121 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles southeast of Putnam, or 13 miles west of
Thomasville, moving northeast at 10 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 8796 3195 8803 3199 8801 3199 8789
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 233DEG 10KT 3197 8795 

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

$$

RD

955 
WWUS54 KMOB 221625
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1125 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

ALC025-221635-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-260522T1630Z/
Clarke AL-
1125 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1130 AM CDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3193 8796 3195 8803 3199 8801 3199 8789
TIME...MOT...LOC 1625Z 226DEG 14KT 3197 8794 

$$

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, 10:01 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, 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.