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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL

March 11, 2026Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 11, 2026, 11:13 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 11, 2026, 11:41 PM CDT
In force: 28 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), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 11, 11:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Sunny South, 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, 4.2 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

077 
WFUS54 KMOB 120413
TORMOB
ALC025-120500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0006.260312T0413Z-260312T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1113 PM CDT Wed Mar 11 2026

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1113 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 8 miles north of Coffeeville, or 17 miles west
  of Thomasville, moving east 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...
  Thomasville around 1140 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 3188 8767 3188 8766 3175 8765 3182 8811
      3191 8810 3192 8807 3192 8806 3193 8806
      3194 8807 3192 8809 3194 8810 3199 8772
      3199 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 267DEG 27KT 3188 8803 

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

$$

RD

2 follow-up statements

805 
WWUS54 KMOB 120429
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1129 PM CDT Wed Mar 11 2026

ALC025-120500-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260312T0500Z/
Clarke AL-
1129 PM CDT Wed Mar 11 2026

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

At 1128 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles west of Thomasville, moving east at 35 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...
  Thomasville around 1135 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 3180 8795 3196 8797 3199 8772 3199 8767
      3188 8767 3188 8766 3181 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 0428Z 263DEG 29KT 3190 8788 

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

$$

RD

170 
WWUS54 KMOB 120441
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1141 PM CDT Wed Mar 11 2026

ALC025-120451-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260312T0500Z/
Clarke AL-
1141 PM CDT Wed Mar 11 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE 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 200 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Alabama.

LAT...LON 3180 8795 3196 8797 3199 8772 3199 8767
      3188 8767 3188 8766 3181 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 267DEG 27KT 3190 8776 

$$

RD

The 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, 10:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	25 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, 11:17 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 Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	52 min
Mar 12, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	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.