Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2025

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 3, 2025Madison County, Florida; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2025, 2:16 PM EDT for Madison County, Florida; 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2025, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2025, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Madison County, FL, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Cook County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 292 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: 92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 3, 9:51 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 9:51 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 9:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 11:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:39 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
139 PM EDT Sun Aug 3 2025

FLZ018-019-028-029-GAZ158>160-031815-
Inland Taylor FL-Inland Jefferson FL-Madison FL-Lafayette FL-
Brooks GA-Lowndes GA-Thomas GA-
139 PM EDT Sun Aug 3 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR...MADISON...SOUTHWESTERN
LOWNDES...EASTERN THOMAS AND BROOKS COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

At 138 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Pavo to 8 miles south of Quitman to 9
miles west of Madison to 6 miles north of Perry. Movement was east at
20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Perry, Madison, Quitman, Boston, Pavo, Coolidge, Greenville, Morven,
Barwick, Lee, Dillon, Everett, Pinetta, Merrillville, Lovett,
Empress, Clyattville, Brooks Co A/p, Hanson, and Dixie.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3012 8323 3010 8373 3043 8370 3067 8379
      3102 8402 3104 8391 3104 8380 3103 8379
      3104 8378 3103 8357 3108 8357 3105 8353
      3075 8331 3064 8327 3063 8329 3063 8327
      3055 8326 3052 8324 3028 8323 3025 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 251DEG 17KT 3090 8378 3067 8361 3045 8357 3019
8357

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

21-HANER

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:08 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
208 PM EDT Sun Aug 3 2025

FLZ019-GAZ146-147-159-160-031900-
Madison FL-Brooks GA-Lowndes GA-Colquitt GA-Cook GA-
208 PM EDT Sun Aug 3 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN MADISON...SOUTHERN
COOK...LOWNDES...BROOKS AND SOUTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTIES THROUGH
300 PM EDT...

At 208 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Pavo to near Madison. Movement was
northeast at 20 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...
Madison, Lake Park, Valdosta, Quitman, Adel, Hahira, Pavo, I-75 At
Exit 16, Moody Air Force Base, Remerton, Dasher, Morven, Berlin, Lee,
Cecil, Barretts, Greggs, Hamburg, Pinetta, and Lovett.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3085 8303 3085 8309 3080 8310 3080 8313
      3063 8314 3063 8329 3042 8322 3039 8317
      3034 8323 3033 8344 3094 8374 3107 8374
      3115 8333 3110 8332 3107 8328 3103 8329
      3102 8318 3095 8318 3095 8304 3088 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 232DEG 19KT 3099 8371 3048 8335

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

42-DVD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 9:27 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		48 min
Aug 3, 9:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	27 min
Aug 3, 10:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	31 min
Aug 3, 11:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	33 min
Aug 3, 12:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Liberty, Wakulla	113 min
Aug 3, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	36 min
Aug 3, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		92 min
Aug 3, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	52 min
Aug 2, 8:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Thomas	2 hr
Aug 2, 11:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	110 min
Aug 3, 1:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Early	2 hr
Aug 3, 2:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Worth	2 hr
Aug 3, 2:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth	2 hr
Aug 3, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lanier	29 min
Aug 3, 3:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Turner, Worth	117 min
Aug 3, 3:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Lee, Randolph, Terrell	118 min
Aug 3, 5:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Early	21 min
Aug 3, 6:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Early	3 hr
Aug 3, 6:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Early	3 hr
Aug 3, 2:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Coffee	118 min
Aug 3, 3:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Henry	112 min
Aug 3, 4:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dale	66 min
Aug 3, 5:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dale, Henry, Houston	2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2025 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2025 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.