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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 29, 20266 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2026, 5:01 PM CDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 74 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2026, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2026, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
74 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 5:43 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Hyde Park, FLTrees down on MLK towards 98 close to the Tiger hammock area.
Jul 29, 5:45 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 402 N Hyde Park, FLTempest Weather station gusted to 40 mph.
Jul 29, 5:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Shadeville, FLTree down on Palomino Road.
Jul 29, 6:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ese Curtis Mill, FLTree down near 429 State Park Road.
Jul 29, 6:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGCurtis Mill, FLTree down on Curtis Mill Road.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 29, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1139 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
1139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

424 
WUUS52 KTAE 292201
SVRTAE
FLC013-037-039-073-077-129-292315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0252.260729T2201Z-260729T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
601 PM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Calhoun County in the Panhandle of Florida...
  Wakulla County in Big Bend Florida...
  Western Gadsden County in Big Bend Florida...
  Liberty County in Big Bend Florida...
  Southwestern Leon County in Big Bend Florida...
  North central Franklin County in Big Bend Florida...

* Until 715 PM EDT/615 PM CDT/.

* At 601 PM EDT/501 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along
  a line extending from 9 miles southwest of Greensboro to 14 miles
  southwest of Quincy to 10 miles northwest of Crawfordville to near
  Woodville, moving southwest at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Tallahassee, Woodville, Blountstown, Crawfordville, Greensboro,
  Orange, Bristol, Sopchoppy, Rock Bluff, Jewel Fire Tower,
  Shadeville, Leon Sinks, Juniper, Selman, Abe Springs, Wakulla
  Springs, Vilas, Central City, Chipola, and Eight Mile Pond.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3054 8523 3028 8511 3009 8494 2989 8461
      3009 8424 3040 8426 3040 8438 3046 8458
      3064 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 061DEG 15KT 3049 8486 3039 8469 3028 8447 3025
8427

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

58-REESE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 11:31 PM CDTExtreme Heat WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more19 hr
Jul 29, 3:24 AM CDTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Gulf68 hr
Jul 29, 12:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie68 min
Jul 29, 1:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie65 min
Jul 29, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay59 min
Jul 29, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE58 min
Jul 29, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay21 min
Jul 29, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison55 min
Jul 29, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon60 min
Jul 29, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette52 min
Jul 29, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Leon62 min
Jul 29, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Madison55 min
Jul 29, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 29, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla56 min
Jul 29, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison61 min
Jul 29, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Jul 29, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla65 min
Jul 29, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jul 29, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla46 min
Jul 29, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette, Taylor95 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.