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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 17, 2026Bay County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2026, 8:53 PM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 82 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 17, 2026, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2026, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 82 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL

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NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 17, 8:39 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 8:39 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 8:47 PM CDT, 6 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
Jul 17, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Gulf, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	53 min
Jul 17, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	47 min
Jul 17, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Walton	30 min
Jul 17, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	66 min
Jul 17, 8:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Franklin, Wakulla	59 min
Jul 17, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jul 17, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jul 17, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	28 min
Jul 17, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		118 min
Jul 17, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington	39 min
Jul 17, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jul 17, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	31 min
Jul 18, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		91 min
Jul 18, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf	40 min
Jul 18, 1:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jul 18, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	48 min
Jul 18, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	52 min
Jul 18, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	49 min
Jul 18, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty	39 min
Jul 18, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min
Jul 18, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden	59 min
Jul 18, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Washington	54 min
Jul 18, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton, Washington	48 min
Jul 18, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden	34 min
Jul 18, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington	53 min
Jul 18, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington	62 min
Jul 18, 4:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Jackson	4 hr
Jul 18, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jul 18, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton	37 min
Jul 18, 5:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	3 hr
Jul 18, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	49 min
Jul 18, 5:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Jackson	3 hr
Jul 18, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		67 min
Jul 18, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		33 min
Jul 18, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		117 min
Jul 17, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Brooks, Thomas	36 min
Jul 17, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill	28 min
Jul 17, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	79 min
Jul 17, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien	38 min
Jul 18, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	64 min
Jul 18, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Colquitt, Mitchell	64 min
Jul 18, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 1 more	43 min
Jul 18, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker, Dougherty, Terrell	50 min
Jul 18, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lee, Randolph	38 min
Jul 18, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Terrell	49 min
Jul 18, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale, Henry	45 min
Jul 18, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.