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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 12, 2026Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2026, 4:34 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
Aug 12, 2026, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
26 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 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 334 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2026-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 148 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2026-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
148 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1298 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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
Aug 12, 1:32 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more30 hr
Aug 12, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison32 min
Aug 12, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor46 min
Aug 12, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison53 min
Aug 12, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton51 min
Aug 12, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden47 min
Aug 12, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson29 min
Aug 12, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie, Lafayette, Taylor59 min
Aug 12, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Aug 12, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon64 min
Aug 12, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie92 min
Aug 12, 6:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEGadsden, Leon116 min
Aug 12, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon19 min
Aug 12, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden46 min
Aug 12, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson41 min
Aug 12, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla39 min
Aug 12, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE113 min
Aug 12, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJackson51 min
Aug 12, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELanier58 min
Aug 12, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes67 min
Aug 12, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Colquitt, Cook65 min
Aug 12, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELanier, Lowndes45 min
Aug 12, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELanier, Lowndes56 min
Aug 12, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMitchell46 min
Aug 12, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty47 min
Aug 12, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty44 min
Aug 12, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEColquitt56 min
Aug 12, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDecatur, Grady, Seminole, Thomas45 min
Aug 12, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks44 min
Aug 12, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Thomas38 min
Aug 12, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady, Thomas40 min
Aug 12, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Mitchell53 min
Aug 12, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBen Hill37 min
Aug 12, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEQuitman32 min
Aug 12, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMitchell21 min
Aug 12, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETift, Turner, Worth29 min
Aug 12, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell33 min
Aug 12, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEQuitman, Randolph30 min
Aug 12, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECook, Tift48 min
Aug 12, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Early, Grady, Miller, Thomas43 min
Aug 12, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDecatur34 min
Aug 12, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole54 min
Aug 12, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAESeminole45 min
Aug 12, 7:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDecatur, Early, Miller, Seminole80 min
Aug 12, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDale, Houston52 min
Aug 12, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston32 min
Aug 12, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDale31 min
Aug 12, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDale35 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.