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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 20, 2026Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2026, 12:49 PM CDT for Bay County, Florida. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2026, 12:49 PM CDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2026, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Bay County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 337 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: 2061 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 20, 7:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 7:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 20, 12:31 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
131 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026

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

0600 PM     Flood            1 NW Hiland Park        30.21N 85.65W
08/19/2026                   Bay                FL   911 Call Center

            Multiple reports from the public (social
            media) and 911 dispatch indicating HWY 77
            flooding due to heavy rainfall.

&&

JM

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 12:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
Issued by National Weather Service Mobile AL
149 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026

FLZ012-112-201815-
Coastal Bay FL-Inland Bay FL-
149 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL BAY COUNTY THROUGH 215
PM EDT/115 PM CDT/...

At 149 PM EDT/1249 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm near Lynn Haven. The strong thunderstorm is nearly
stationary.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Lynn Haven, Bayhead, Recota Beach, Vicksburg, and Southport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3028 8557 3024 8563 3025 8571 3035 8573
      3039 8566 3037 8559
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 167DEG 1KT 3032 8564

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

KLG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 19, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	68 min
Aug 20, 1:36 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more	17 hr
Aug 20, 2:28 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Gulf	23 hr
Aug 20, 9:58 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		92 min
Aug 20, 11:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		60 min
Aug 20, 1:21 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more	30 hr
Aug 20, 1:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	24 min
Aug 20, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	25 min
Aug 20, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	29 min
Aug 20, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	32 min
Aug 20, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	44 min
Aug 20, 2:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Walton	2 hr
Aug 20, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	30 min
Aug 20, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	30 min
Aug 20, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	30 min
Aug 20, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	36 min
Aug 20, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Liberty	41 min
Aug 20, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Franklin	28 min
Aug 20, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	26 min
Aug 20, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	28 min
Aug 20, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	26 min
Aug 20, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette	54 min
Aug 20, 6:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette	2 hr
Aug 20, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor	84 min
Aug 20, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Randolph	38 min
Aug 20, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Terrell	33 min
Aug 20, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Terrell	37 min
Aug 20, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Mitchell	34 min
Aug 20, 6:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Terrell	2 hr
Aug 20, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Quitman	31 min
Aug 20, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Henry	42 min
Aug 20, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale	23 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.