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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2026, 2:07 PM EDT for Lee County, Terrell County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 18, 2026, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2026, 2:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lee County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1070 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 18, 1:37 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:37 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1135 AM CDT Thu Jun 18 2026
ALZ068-FLZ007>009-181715-
Geneva AL-Central Walton FL-Holmes FL-North Walton FL-
1135 AM CDT Thu Jun 18 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN GENEVA...
NORTHWESTERN WALTON AND NORTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM
CDT...
At 1135 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of De Funiak Springs, moving north at 30 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...
De Funiak Springs, Eglin Air Force Base, Liberty, Paxton, Pond Creek,
Oakwood Hills, Cluster Springs, Gaskin, Alpine Heights, Darlington,
Logan Field Municipal A/P, De Funiak Spring Airport, Glendale,
Pleasant Ridge, Center Ridge, New Harmony, Piney Grove, Mossy Head,
Caney Creek, and Hacoda.
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 3079 8639 3100 8632 3100 8619 3114 8619
3106 8593 3067 8615 3074 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 201DEG 27KT 3081 8622
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
58-REESESpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 1:52 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
152 PM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026
GAZ124>127-181900-
Worth GA-Lee GA-Dougherty GA-Terrell GA-
152 PM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL DOUGHERTY...LEE...
EASTERN TERRELL AND NORTHWESTERN WORTH COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
At 152 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Albany, moving north at 30 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...
Leesburg, Albany, Smithville, East Albany, Marine Corps Logistics
Base, Turner City, Warwick, Sasser, Bronwood, Chokee, Radium Springs,
Stocks, Forrester, Lockett Crossing, South Albany, Southwest Ga
Regional A/P, Palmyra, Olivers Mill, Neyami, and Bridges Crossroad.
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 3191 8392 3188 8393 3186 8393 3186 8394
3185 8394 3185 8391 3150 8407 3155 8436
3190 8437 3187 8434 3192 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 194DEG 24KT 3162 8422
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
58-REESELocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:57 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
157 PM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Southwest Ga Regional a 31.54N 84.19W
06/18/2026 M44 MPH Dougherty GA ASOS
The Southwest Georgia Regional Airport in
Albany measured a gust of 44 mph at 1:40 PM
EDT.
&&
DRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty, Lee | 68 min |
| Jun 18, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty, Lee | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Colquitt, Irwin, Tift, Turner | 95 min |
| Jun 18, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Randolph, Terrell | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Miller, Terrell | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 85 min |
| Jun 18, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 61 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.