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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 5:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Hyde Park, FL | Trees down on MLK towards 98 close to the Tiger hammock area. |
| Jul 29, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | 2 N Hyde Park, FL | Tempest Weather station gusted to 40 mph. |
| Jul 29, 5:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Shadeville, FL | Tree down on Palomino Road. |
| Jul 29, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ese Curtis Mill, FL | Tree down near 429 State Park Road. |
| Jul 29, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Curtis Mill, FL | Tree 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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-REESEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 11:31 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:24 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 68 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 68 min |
| Jul 29, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Jul 29, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 21 min |
| Jul 29, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 52 min |
| Jul 29, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 62 min |
| Jul 29, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 29, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 56 min |
| Jul 29, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Jul 29, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 95 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.