701  
WWUS84 KMOB 160917  
SPSMOB  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL  
417 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
ALZ261>264-161000-  
BALDWIN CENTRAL AL-BALDWIN INLAND AL-MOBILE INLAND AL-  
MOBILE CENTRAL AL-  
417 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MOBILE AND CENTRAL  
BALDWIN COUNTIES THROUGH 500 AM CDT...  
 
AT 417 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
SEMMES, OR 9 MILES WEST OF CHICKASAW, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MIDTOWN MOBILE, DOWNTOWN MOBILE, PRICHARD, SARALAND, BAY MINETTE,  
CHICKASAW, SATSUMA, CREOLA, CHUNCHULA, STAPLETON, AXIS, SEMMES, I65  
AND I165, I65 AND AL 225, AND I65 AND AL 158.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN  
ALABAMA...AND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3069 8834 3093 8834 3102 8765 3092 8761  
3087 8764 3084 8762 3080 8757 3067 8760  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 262DEG 45KT 3079 8822  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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