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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 27, 2025Franklin County, Gulf County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 2025, 9:31 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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: Oct 27, 2025, 9:31 AM EDT (13:31 UTC)
Expired: Oct 27, 2025, 10:15 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 343 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: 643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.9

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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 Oct 27, 7:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 7:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 27, 4:06 AM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
306 AM CDT Mon Oct 27 2025

FLZ008-010-108-270900-
Central Walton FL-South Walton FL-Washington FL-
306 AM CDT Mon Oct 27 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL WALTON AND SOUTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM CDT...

At 306 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Eglin Air Force Base, or 11 miles southwest of De Funiak Springs,
moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
De Funiak Springs, Eglin Air Force Base, Freeport, Bruce, Eucheeanna,
Red Bay, Portland, Pleasant Ridge, New Home, Knox Hill, and Rock
Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm 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 3071 8629 3068 8587 3041 8594 3041 8596
      3040 8598 3044 8616 3046 8616 3046 8619
      3048 8620 3049 8619 3050 8620 3048 8622
      3049 8625 3047 8630 3048 8634
TIME...MOT...LOC 0806Z 280DEG 17KT 3059 8623

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Local storm report, Oct 27, 8:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 27, 8:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 27, 8:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 27, 8:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 27, 3:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Oct 27, 3:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	55 min
Oct 27, 4:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	54 min
Oct 27, 4:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	79 min
Oct 27, 4:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Walton	2 hr
Oct 27, 5:15 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Oct 27, 5:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Walton	81 min
Oct 27, 5:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton	85 min
Oct 27, 6:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Oct 27, 6:21 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		114 min
Oct 27, 6:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Holmes, Washington	3 hr
Oct 27, 6:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf	86 min
Oct 27, 6:54 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf	66 min
Oct 27, 7:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Gulf	3 hr
Oct 27, 7:58 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Oct 27, 8:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	97 min
Oct 27, 8:40 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		95 min
Oct 27, 10:21 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		3 hr
Oct 27, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		85 min
Oct 27, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dixie	58 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.