Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 7 at 9:56AM CDT until May 7 at 10:45AM CDT by NWS Mobile AL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 7, 2026 - 7:56am
Expires:
May 7, 2026 - 8:45am
Description:
SVRMOB
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
Southern Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
Southeastern Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 1045 AM CDT.
* At 956 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Elberta, or 5
miles northeast of Foley, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Pensacola, Ferry Pass, Brent, West Pensacola, Ensley, Warrington,
Gonzalez, Foley, Gulf Breeze, Goulding, Lillian, Myrtle Grove,
Oriole Beach, Navarre, Summerdale, Perdido Beach, Elberta, Navarre
Beach, and Floridatown.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until noon CDT for northwestern
Florida.
Area Description:
Baldwin, AL; Escambia, FL; Santa Rosa, FL
Forcast Office:
NWS Mobile AL