Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in an environment of high instability favorable for microbursts. A couple of storms became severe with downed trees and power lines.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in an environment of high instability favorable for microbursts. A couple of storms became severe with downed trees and power lines. Eyewitness video also confirmed a very brief, weak tornado near Reed Bingham State Park on June 26th due to a local boundary collision.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 25, 2:36 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 336 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016 .NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]... Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms developing south of a surface trough across central Georgia will move southeast into northern portions of our CWA before dissipating this evening. The best chance for convection will be north of a line from Dothan to Valdosta. Otherwise, skies will be mostly clear with patchy fog possible in the pre-dawn hours. Lows will be in the middle 70s. .SHORT TERM [Sunday Through Monday Night]... In general, the upper level pattern across the Southeast will consist of a de-amplifying ridge as a northern stream waves moves into the Upper Mississippi Valley. The only wrinkle will be a weak shortwave moving south through the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys tonight, entering the Southeast tomorrow. At the surface, a frontal boundary was analyzed across central SC and northern GA amid high pressure. Convection tomorrow will likely be forced by both the upper wave and the surface front, and should begin across our south Georgia counties, moving south-southwest through AL and FL through the late afternoon. PoPs are forecast well above normal tomorrow, in the 60-80% range. A consensus of the global models as well as local and regional hires models would suggest that the typical summertime severe weather parameters would favor the potential for scattered strong to severe storms in the form of damaging winds. While lapse rates are forecast to marginally steep, the anomalously warm temperatures through the troposphere will likely limit any severe hail threat. On Monday, the front will be dissipating if not completely gone and the northeasterly flow regime combined with near seasonal PWATs would favor a typical regime 2 seabreeze with highest coverage south of interstate 10 in Florida. All in all a much more wet couple of days are expected than has been the case recently. Afternoon highs are still forecast to be unseasonably high, reaching the upper 90s area-wide on Sunday, before beginning to return to normal levels to start the work-week. .LONG TERM [Tuesday Through Saturday]... The aforementioned northern stream wave, responsible for dampening the ridge, will move slowly across the eastern half of the country through next week. This will force a frontal boundary into the Southeast, increasing rain chances. We'll likely fall into a pattern where storm complexes develop upstream along the front and move into our region late each day, or if the front makes it far enough south, storms will just form along it each afternoon across the Tri-State region. Aside from the surface forcing, the presence of a trough across the Southeast in the summertime, will likely force at least a scattering of convection each day. In general, PoPs are forecast to be above average, with high temps near average each day. && .AVIATION [Through 18Z Sunday]... Isolated to scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing ahead of a front in central Georgia will move southeastward through this evening and may briefly impact the DHN, ABY and VLD terminals. Overnight, a brief period of MVFR VSBYs is possible at VLD. Otherwise, VFR conditions and light or calm winds will prevail. && .MARINE... Relatively light winds and low seas are expected for the next several days. The only exception will be near the coast each afternoon in the seabreeze zone. Here, expect winds to peak around 10 to 15 knots with a light to moderate chop. && .FIRE WEATHER... No concerns. && .HYDROLOGY... River, urban, or rural flooding will not be a concern over the next several days. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Tallahassee 74 98 74 94 75 / 10 60 50 40 30 Panama City 77 90 78 89 79 / 0 20 30 40 30 Dothan 74 98 74 95 75 / 10 60 30 30 30 Albany 75 97 74 94 75 / 30 70 50 30 30 Valdosta 74 96 73 95 74 / 20 80 50 30 30 Cross City 74 95 74 91 75 / 10 60 50 50 40 Apalachicola 76 90 77 89 78 / 0 10 20 40 30 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...Barry SHORT TERM...Harrigan LONG TERM...Harrigan AVIATION...Barry MARINE...Harrigan FIRE WEATHER...Fournier HYDROLOGY...Harrigan
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:10 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down at Old Stage Road and Highway 195.
A few trees were blown down at James Pond Road and Oakland Road.
A few trees were blown down on Crotwell Road.
Trees and power lines were blown down along with some damage to homes and sheds near Hilltop Road and Green Valley Road. A picture was posted on social media showing two pine trees snapped and structural debris lofted into power lines. One woman reported significant roof damage. Damage was estimated.
Trees were blown down onto Lawson Mill Pond Road.
Video taken by the public and posted on social media confirmed that a very brief tornado occurred near Reed Bingham State Park. The tornado appeared to last around one minute or less. The only damage as reported by the emergency manager was part of a tree that fell on a house. The tornado was rated EF0.
Two trees were blown down on Tallokas Road, one near Coffee Road and one near Highway 122.
A tree was blown down onto power lines on Adams Road.
Two trees were blown down on Old Thomasville Road.
Lightning damaged the roof of a home along the 900 block of River Pointe Drive. Damage was estimated.
Trees and power lines were blown down on Ferry Lake Road at the intersection with Robin Cook Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 2016Warnings in Georgia, June 2016
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 632038, 632039, 632040, 632041, 633429, 633430, 633431, 633432, 633433, 633434, 633428.