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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2026, 7:19 AM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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
- Jun 18, 2026, 7:19 AM CDT (12:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2026, 7:42 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 141 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -954 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
879
WFUS54 KMOB 181219
TORMOB
MSC131-181300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.260618T1219Z-260618T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
719 AM CDT Thu Jun 18 2026
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Stone County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 800 AM CDT.
* At 719 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles west of Saucier, or 17 miles northwest of
Gulfport, 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 dangerous storm will be near...
McHenry around 735 AM CDT.
Perkinston around 740 AM CDT.
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 3091 8925 3091 8898 3089 8893 3068 8908
3068 8924 3065 8924 3065 8934 3068 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1219Z 205DEG 21KT 3062 8925
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
663
WWUS54 KMOB 181242
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
742 AM CDT Thu Jun 18 2026
MSC131-181252-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-260618T1300Z/
Stone MS-
742 AM CDT Thu Jun 18 2026
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for southeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3091 8925 3091 8898 3089 8893 3068 8908
3068 8924 3065 8924 3065 8934 3068 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1241Z 205DEG 21KT 3074 8918
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 7:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Stone | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 7:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 8:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 8:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 8:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 9:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 9:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Perry, Stone | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 9:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 10:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Stone | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 20 min |
| Jun 18, 10:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Perry | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 1:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George, Stone | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 45 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.