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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 19, 2026Bay County, Calhoun County, Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2026, 4:10 PM CDT for Bay County, Calhoun County, Jackson County, Florida. 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 19, 2026, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Jackson County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 329 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 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 19, 2:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 2:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:13 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 3:36 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:46 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:56 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:00 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:03 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		119 min
Aug 18, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Liberty	39 min
Aug 18, 8:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin	27 min
Aug 18, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		91 min
Aug 18, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		91 min
Aug 18, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		57 min
Aug 19, 3:37 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Gulf	21 hr
Aug 19, 12:00 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Aug 19, 1:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		65 min
Aug 19, 1:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	34 min
Aug 19, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Aug 19, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	45 min
Aug 19, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	38 min
Aug 19, 2:17 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more	11 hr
Aug 19, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf	42 min
Aug 19, 2:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf	2 hr
Aug 19, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	25 min
Aug 19, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	38 min
Aug 19, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	44 min
Aug 19, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	45 min
Aug 19, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Washington	42 min
Aug 19, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton, Washington	50 min
Aug 19, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	32 min
Aug 19, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	47 min
Aug 19, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		83 min
Aug 19, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf	37 min
Aug 19, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	21 min
Aug 19, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes, Washington	59 min
Aug 19, 3:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Walton, Washington	3 hr
Aug 19, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington	67 min
Aug 19, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	30 min
Aug 19, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	27 min
Aug 19, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun	54 min
Aug 19, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		90 min
Aug 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla	48 min
Aug 19, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson	46 min
Aug 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	32 min
Aug 19, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	38 min
Aug 19, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	46 min
Aug 19, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	53 min
Aug 19, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	46 min
Aug 19, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	31 min
Aug 19, 6:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	2 hr
Aug 19, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	36 min
Aug 19, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Decatur, Seminole	42 min
Aug 19, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	17 min
Aug 18, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	35 min
Aug 18, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale	34 min
Aug 18, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale	32 min
Aug 18, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	39 min
Aug 19, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale	27 min
Aug 19, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	34 min
Aug 19, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	37 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.