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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL

June 18, 2026Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2026, 9:43 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 21 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, 9:43 AM CDT (14:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2026, 10:04 AM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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 18, 7:55 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 247 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

862 
WFUS54 KMOB 181443
TORMOB
ALC097-181530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0030.260618T1443Z-260618T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
943 AM CDT Thu Jun 18 2026

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 1030 AM CDT.

* At 943 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles southwest of Mobile Regional Airport, or 7
  miles west of Tillmans Corner, moving north at 30 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...
  Mobile Regional Airport around 950 AM CDT.
  Semmes around 1000 AM CDT.
  Chunchula around 1020 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 3059 8841 3060 8841 3106 8825 3096 8796
      3052 8822
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 201DEG 26KT 3063 8829 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

931 
WWUS54 KMOB 181504
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1004 AM CDT Thu Jun 18 2026

ALC097-181514-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-260618T1530Z/
Mobile AL-
1004 AM CDT Thu Jun 18 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOBILE 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 500 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3059 8841 3060 8841 3106 8825 3096 8796
      3052 8822
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 201DEG 26KT 3078 8823 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 8:24 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		96 min
Jun 18, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	57 min
Jun 18, 9:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	26 min
Jun 18, 9:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Covington	3 days
Jun 18, 10:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	72 hr
Jun 18, 10:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	35 hr
Jun 18, 10:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	6 days
Jun 18, 10:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	35 hr
Jun 18, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	47 min
Jun 18, 12:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia	3 hr
Jun 18, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe	41 min
Jun 18, 2:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more	6 hr
Jun 18, 3:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	6 hr
Jun 18, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	40 min
Jun 18, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	51 min
Jun 18, 5:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	3 hr
Jun 18, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	43 min
Jun 18, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	33 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	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.