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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 17, 2026Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2026, 9:56 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 79 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, 9:56 PM EDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2026, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
79 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 00:00Z on 2026-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1522 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 00:00Z on 2026-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -101 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
1522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-28 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 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 Jul 17, 9:39 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 9:39 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 8:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 17, 8:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla53 min
Jul 17, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden47 min
Jul 17, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Walton30 min
Jul 17, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty66 min
Jul 17, 9:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEFranklin, Wakulla59 min
Jul 17, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 17, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf82 min
Jul 17, 10:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 17, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton28 min
Jul 17, 11:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE118 min
Jul 17, 11:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington39 min
Jul 17, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 18, 12:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay31 min
Jul 18, 1:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE91 min
Jul 18, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf40 min
Jul 18, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 18, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty48 min
Jul 18, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay52 min
Jul 18, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty49 min
Jul 18, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty39 min
Jul 18, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Jul 18, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Gadsden59 min
Jul 18, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Washington54 min
Jul 18, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington48 min
Jul 18, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden34 min
Jul 18, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington53 min
Jul 18, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington62 min
Jul 18, 5:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson4 hr
Jul 18, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 18, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton37 min
Jul 18, 6:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBay, Walton, Washington3 hr
Jul 18, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton49 min
Jul 18, 6:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJackson3 hr
Jul 18, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE67 min
Jul 18, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE33 min
Jul 18, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE117 min
Jul 17, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks, Thomas36 min
Jul 17, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill28 min
Jul 17, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien38 min
Jul 18, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Irwin64 min
Jul 18, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Colquitt, Mitchell64 min
Jul 18, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 1 more43 min
Jul 18, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Dougherty, Terrell50 min
Jul 18, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee, Randolph38 min
Jul 18, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Terrell49 min
Jul 18, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDale, Henry45 min
Jul 18, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee48 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.