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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 282, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 12, 2026Holmes County, Walton County, Florida; Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2026, 8:13 PM CDT for Holmes County, Walton County, Florida; Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Geneva County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 12, 7:44 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 7:44 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 12, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 7:15 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 12, 7:47 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 7:58 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden45 min
Aug 12, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE117 min
Aug 12, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes92 min
Aug 12, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton54 min
Aug 13, 1:27 AM CDTExtreme Heat WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 3 more11 hr
Aug 13, 10:13 AM CDTRip Current StatementTAEGulf12 hr
Aug 13, 12:23 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryTAEDixie, Holmes, Jackson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor and 2 more31 hr
Aug 13, 12:23 PM CDTExtreme Heat WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 3 more31 hr
Aug 13, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin24 min
Aug 13, 12:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Aug 13, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington52 min
Aug 13, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison35 min
Aug 13, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington31 min
Aug 13, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison30 min
Aug 13, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie28 min
Aug 13, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor39 min
Aug 13, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla34 min
Aug 13, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette50 min
Aug 13, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWorth33 min
Aug 13, 1:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEColquitt49 min
Aug 13, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEEarly30 min
Aug 13, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWorth37 min
Aug 13, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty31 min
Aug 13, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECook31 min
Aug 13, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDougherty, Mitchell39 min
Aug 13, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMiller38 min
Aug 13, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELowndes34 min
Aug 13, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETift41 min
Aug 13, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker, Mitchell46 min
Aug 13, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien, Irwin, Tift81 min
Aug 13, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin66 min
Aug 13, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBaker31 min
Aug 13, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGrady43 min
Aug 13, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee33 min
Aug 13, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAERandolph, Terrell43 min
Aug 13, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks42 min
Aug 13, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEQuitman24 min
Aug 13, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell49 min
Aug 13, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEThomas33 min
Aug 13, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell45 min
Aug 13, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEThomas31 min
Aug 12, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGeneva45 min
Aug 12, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGeneva, Houston62 min
Aug 13, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHenry48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.