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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 287, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 14, 2026Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2026, 2:10 PM EDT for Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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 14, 2026, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Worth County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2026-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2327 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 2026-08-14The 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
2327 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 14, 1:27 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 1:27 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:53 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
153 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

GAZ127-141830-
Worth GA-
153 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL WORTH COUNTY THROUGH 230
PM EDT...

At 153 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Sylvester. The strong thunderstorm is nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Sylvester, Poulan, Terrell, Sumner, Gordy, Sylvester Airport, Tempy,
Parkerville, Powelltown, Red Rock, Gammage, Crestwood, Shingler,
Isabella, and Alfords.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3164 8380 3162 8379 3162 8371 3160 8370
      3160 8368 3159 8367 3157 8367 3157 8365
      3155 8365 3139 8376 3144 8397 3168 8397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 206DEG 4KT 3150 8382

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 1:59 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
159 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     4 SW Chokee             31.85N 84.09W
08/14/2026                   Lee                GA   911 Call Center

            Tree down along on Highway 195.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 11:22 AM EDTRip Current StatementTAEGulf12 hr
Aug 14, 12:38 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more30 hr
Aug 14, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison27 min
Aug 14, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon35 min
Aug 14, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Jackson32 min
Aug 14, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison26 min
Aug 14, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson68 min
Aug 14, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun34 min
Aug 14, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla66 min
Aug 14, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor78 min
Aug 14, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty62 min
Aug 14, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton50 min
Aug 14, 7:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor115 min
Aug 14, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon, Wakulla18 min
Aug 14, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Aug 14, 12:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELee35 min
Aug 14, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee, Terrell, Worth48 min
Aug 14, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWorth37 min
Aug 14, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEClay, Randolph30 min
Aug 14, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETift27 min
Aug 14, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Irwin, Tift, Turner and 1 more80 min
Aug 14, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAERandolph28 min
Aug 14, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Randolph, Terrell58 min
Aug 14, 3:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEBen Hill, Irwin11 min
Aug 14, 3:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Turner119 min
Aug 14, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien67 min
Aug 14, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller and 2 more56 min
Aug 14, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt, Cook38 min
Aug 14, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMitchell87 min
Aug 14, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas41 min
Aug 14, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Worth51 min
Aug 14, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEClay31 min
Aug 14, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEEarly, Miller, Seminole25 min
Aug 14, 4:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEDougherty54 min
Aug 14, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGrady31 min
Aug 14, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBrooks, Lanier, Lowndes34 min
Aug 14, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEClay, Early, Miller31 min
Aug 14, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGrady89 min
Aug 14, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEColquitt35 min
Aug 14, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEThomas32 min
Aug 14, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEThomas75 min
Aug 14, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston66 min
Aug 14, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee, Geneva31 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.