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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 18, 2026Bay County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2026, 5:08 PM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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 18, 2026, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2026, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 353 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 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 18, 3:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 3:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
421 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

FLZ012>017-027-112-114-115-326-426-182100-
Coastal Bay FL-Inland Franklin FL-Gadsden FL-Southern Liberty FL-
Inland Bay FL-Calhoun FL-Northern Liberty FL-Inland Gulf FL-
Coastal Franklin FL-Inland Wakulla FL-Coastal Gulf FL-Leon FL-
421 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT GULF...BAY AND CALHOUN COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...NORTHWESTERN WAKULLA...GADSDEN...
LIBERTY...CENTRAL LEON AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN BIG BEND
FLORIDA THROUGH 500 PM EDT/400 PM CDT/...

At 420 PM EDT/320 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Lynn Haven to 20 miles
west of Crawfordville. Movement was southwest at 10 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...
Tallahassee, Panama City, Lynn Haven, Panama City Beach, Callaway,
Tallahassee State College, Apalachicola, Quincy, Havana, Blountstown,
Midway, Port St. Joe, Springfield, Mexico Beach, Hiland Park,
Stonemill Creek, Doak Campbell Stadium, Chattahoochee, Greensboro,
and Tyndall Air Force Base.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

These storms 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 2999 8567 3014 8593 3044 8564 3044 8549
      3057 8549 3057 8518 3061 8517 3061 8493
      3070 8486 3071 8486 3068 8426 3044 8430
      2969 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 038DEG 9KT 3029 8562 3019 8470

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

11-MM

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:32 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:56 PM CDT, 12 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, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf	82 min
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, 5:32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.