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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2026, 5:37 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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 17, 2026, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2026, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 17, 2:37 PM CDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 2:37 PM CDT, 3 hours before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:05 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2:21 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 25 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:40 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Walton | 30 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:40 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Aug 17, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Aug 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Worth | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Irwin | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Thomas | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Early, Miller | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Terrell | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Worth | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lowndes | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Grady | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lowndes | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 41 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.