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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2026, 9:55 AM CST for 8 counties in Florida; Decatur County, Grady County, Seminole County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min. 16 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2026, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2026, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Seminole County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:59 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Bethany, GA | Quite a few trees blown down along Spring Creek Rd. A car was blown off the road. |
| Feb 15, 10:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Bristol, FL | Tree down near SR 12 and Garden of Eden Rd. |
| Feb 15, 10:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Bristol, FL | Tree blown down and blocking NW Durham Rd. |
| Feb 15, 10:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Bristol, FL | Trees fell onto some dog pens in the Bristol area. The dogs were not harmed. Reported via social media. |
| Feb 15, 10:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Wewahitchka, FL | A phone pole and tree were blown down next to SR 71 near the Ace Hardware. |
| Feb 15, 10:00 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 42 | 1 S Sweetwater, FL | Station UF Bristol. |
| Feb 15, 10:02 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Reynoldsville, GA | Tree down across Collie Hill Road. Time estimated from radar. |
| Feb 15, 10:07 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Hanover, GA | This updates the location of an earlier LSR focused on Spring Creek Rd. A car was blown off the road and trees blown down at Spring Creek Rd and Pineywoods Dr. |
| Feb 15, 10:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Mount Pleasant, FL | Tree down along Mt. Pleasant Rd. |
| Feb 15, 10:23 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Greensboro, FL | Tree blown down into eastbound lanes of I-10 at MM 179, causing a traffic backup. Radar estimated time. |
| Feb 15, 10:23 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Wetumpka, FL | Lost a big tree and numerous branches blown down in the Wetumpka community. |
| Feb 15, 10:28 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 40 | 3 Nne Bloxham, FL | Ambient station gusted to 40 mph. |
| Feb 15, 10:30 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 44 | 2 Sw Greensboro, FL | FAWN station QUIF1 gusted to 44 mph. |
| Feb 15, 10:40 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Midway, FL | A tree on a line resulted in a power outage for the Brickyard substation via Talquin. |
| Feb 15, 10:46 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Whigham, GA | Grady EMC reports a broken power pole, affecting 109 members. |
| Feb 15, 10:54 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Forest Meadows Park, FL | There was a tree down on N Meridian Rd at Gardner. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 7:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 309 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS52 KTAE 151555
SVRTAE
FLC005-013-039-045-063-073-077-129-GAC087-131-253-151700-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0021.260215T1555Z-260215T1700Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1055 AM EST Sun Feb 15 2026
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Jackson County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Northern Gulf County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Southeastern Bay County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Eastern Calhoun County in the Panhandle of Florida...
Northwestern Wakulla County in Big Bend Florida...
Gadsden County in Big Bend Florida...
Liberty County in Big Bend Florida...
Central Leon County in Big Bend Florida...
Decatur County in southwestern Georgia...
Western Grady County in southwestern Georgia...
Southeastern Seminole County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until noon EST/1100 AM CST/.
* At 1055 AM EST/955 AM CST/, severe thunderstorms were located along
a line extending from near Chattahoochee to 7 miles southeast of
Blountstown to 6 miles northeast of Mexico Beach, moving east at 50
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Tallahassee, Quincy, Havana, Blountstown, Bainbridge, Midway,
Cairo, Whigham, Stonemill Creek, Chattahoochee, Greensboro, West
Bainbridge, Tyndall Air Force Base, Orange, Wewahitchka, Sneads,
Gretna, Bristol, Grand Ridge, and Attapulgus.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM EST/200 PM CST/ for
Big Bend and the Panhandle of Florida...and southwestern Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 2996 8548 3038 8511 3090 8502 3100 8416
3058 8423 3002 8479 3001 8500 3000 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 248DEG 42KT 3076 8488 3035 8498 2998 8531
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
73-YOUNGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 11:33 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Feb 15, 6:49 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 56 min |
| Feb 15, 7:39 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 66 min |
| Feb 15, 8:36 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 114 min | |
| Feb 15, 8:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 64 min |
| Feb 15, 9:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 45 min |
| Feb 15, 9:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 30 min |
| Feb 15, 10:29 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Feb 15, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 58 min |
| Feb 15, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 63 min |
| Feb 15, 12:21 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Feb 15, 1:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 27 min |
| Feb 15, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 23 min |
| Feb 15, 2:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 18 min |
| Feb 15, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 19 min |
| Feb 15, 10:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 36 min |
| Feb 15, 3:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 4:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Miller, Terrell | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 4:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Turner, Worth | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 5:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Tift, Turner, Worth | 36 min |
| Feb 15, 5:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 77 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.