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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 11, 2026, 10:50 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 11, 2026, 10:50 PM CDT (03:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2026, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 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), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 11:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Coffeeville, AL | Multiple trees down in Clarke county, blocking lanes of US-84 and AL-5. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
213
WFUS54 KMOB 120350
TORMOB
ALC023-025-120415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.260312T0350Z-260312T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1050 PM CDT Wed Mar 11 2026
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
Northwestern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 1115 PM CDT.
* At 1050 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 6 miles southeast of Gilbertown, or 18 miles
south of Butler, moving east at 40 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...
Coffeeville around 1100 PM 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 3178 8832 3189 8829 3191 8787 3167 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 275DEG 33KT 3182 8824
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
RDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 11, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 11, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 35 min |
| Mar 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| Mar 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 28 min |
| Mar 11, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 11, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Mar 11, 11:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 15 min |
| Mar 12, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 49 min |
| Mar 12, 12:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 49 min |
| Mar 12, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 1:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Mar 12, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 67 min |
| Mar 12, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 3:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Mar 12, 9:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 21 days |
| Mar 12, 9:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 5 days |
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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.