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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 27, 20266 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2026, 5:12 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 27, 2026, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 278 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 2026-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2833 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 2026-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
2833 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-42 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 27, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie39 min
Jul 27, 4:33 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryTAEDixie, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette and 5 more27 hr
Jul 27, 4:33 PM EDTExtreme Heat WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Walton and 1 more27 hr
Jul 27, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson57 min
Jul 27, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon47 min
Jul 27, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon49 min
Jul 27, 1:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien32 min
Jul 27, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift54 min
Jul 27, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Tift52 min
Jul 27, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Irwin62 min
Jul 27, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEEarly57 min
Jul 27, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEThomas24 min
Jul 27, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEThomas41 min
Jul 27, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee62 min
Jul 27, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDale43 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.