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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 12, 2026Dale County, Henry County, Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2026, 1:03 PM CDT for Dale County, Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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
Jul 12, 2026, 1:03 PM CDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2026, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 12, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2026-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1425 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2026-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
1425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE62 min
Jul 12, 10:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton40 min
Jul 12, 11:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun26 min
Jul 12, 11:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE38 min
Jul 12, 11:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty32 min
Jul 12, 11:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton45 min
Jul 12, 11:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELiberty, Wakulla25 min
Jul 12, 11:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden34 min
Jul 12, 12:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes29 min
Jul 12, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington46 min
Jul 12, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla63 min
Jul 12, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton60 min
Jul 12, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette, Taylor42 min
Jul 12, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla91 min
Jul 12, 12:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf44 min
Jul 12, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette50 min
Jul 12, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE68 min
Jul 12, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE58 min
Jul 12, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor72 min
Jul 12, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE87 min
Jul 12, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 min
Jul 12, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE85 min
Jul 12, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 min
Jul 12, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Jul 11, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes and 2 more54 min
Jul 11, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Colquitt, Thomas46 min
Jul 12, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Dougherty, Lee and 5 more52 min
Jul 12, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien, Lee, Terrell, Tift, Worth45 min
Jul 12, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Turner47 min
Jul 12, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Turner34 min
Jul 12, 12:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHouston36 min
Jul 12, 1:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEHouston65 min
Jul 12, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale, Henry61 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.