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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 1, 20265 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2026, 4:37 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 1, 2026, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2026, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Tift County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2026-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1845 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2026-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 1, 4:09 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 4:09 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 10:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1045 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026

FLZ016>019-027-028-118-127-128-GAZ155>158-011545-
Gadsden FL-Coastal Wakulla FL-Madison FL-Leon FL-Inland Taylor FL-
Coastal Jefferson FL-Inland Jefferson FL-Inland Wakulla FL-
Coastal Taylor FL-Decatur GA-Thomas GA-Seminole GA-Grady GA-
1045 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA...
NORTHEASTERN GADSDEN...JEFFERSON...WESTERN TAYLOR...LEON...
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...SOUTHERN DECATUR...SOUTHERN GRADY...
SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTIES THROUGH 1145
AM EDT...

At 1045 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles northeast of Chattahoochee to Doak
Campbell Stadium to near St. Marks. Movement was east at 25 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...
Tallahassee, Woodville, Monticello, Tallahassee State College,
Florida State University, Quincy, Havana, St. Marks, Perry, Midway,
Florida A and M, Cairo, Bainbridge, Thomasville, Whigham, Doak
Campbell Stadium, Wakulla, Attapulgus, Climax, and Alma.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2991 8382 3002 8404 3002 8410 3005 8417
      3041 8440 3085 8490 3093 8438 3078 8391
      3050 8366 3004 8351 2978 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 265DEG 20KT 3081 8477 3042 8432 3012 8413

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

21-WD
Local storm report, Aug 1, 11:49 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1149 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1019 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 ENE Wakulla Springs   30.24N 84.28W
08/01/2026                   Wakulla            FL   Law Enforcement

            Tree down blocking Bloxham Cutoff. Time
            estimated by radar.

&&
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie29 min
Aug 1, 2:25 AM EDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Gulf22 hr
Aug 1, 6:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
Aug 1, 6:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay63 min
Aug 1, 8:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Gulf55 min
Aug 1, 8:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE117 min
Aug 1, 9:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
Aug 1, 9:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Leon, Wakulla64 min
Aug 1, 10:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDixie3 hr
Aug 1, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Leon, Taylor60 min
Aug 1, 11:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Aug 1, 12:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEGadsden, Jackson117 min
Aug 1, 12:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDixie, Taylor116 min
Aug 1, 12:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson3 hr
Aug 1, 3:58 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE35 hr
Aug 1, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks, Lanier, Lowndes39 min
Aug 1, 3:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBerrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes3 hr
Aug 1, 3:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift and 2 more3 hr
Aug 1, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Tift28 min
Jul 31, 8:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDale62 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.