258
WWUS84 KMOB 182128
SPSMOB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
428 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
ALZ052-261-MSZ075-076-182215-
WASHINGTON AL-MOBILE INLAND AL-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-
428 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MOBILE
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHERN PERRY AND CENTRAL GREENE COUNTIES
THROUGH 515 PM CDT...
AT 428 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF OVETT TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MCINTOSH. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CITRONELLE, RICHTON, LEAKESVILLE, AND DEER PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3144 8913 3143 8884 3125 8804 3101 8808
3123 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 000DEG 9KT 3141 8903 3121 8812
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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