
Thunderstorms to Fire Across the Southeast, Northern Plains
Separate regions of severe thunderstorms will impact the Southeast and the northern Plains today.
# HEADLINE -------------------- HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Heat index values up to 112 expected. WHERE Portions of southeast Alabama, Panhandle Florida, and south central and southwest Georgia. WHEN From 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ this morning to 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ this evening. IMPACTS Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. ISSUED AT Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 12:31 AM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Tallahassee FL HEADER URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sunshine, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening.Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Cook, Holmes, Turner, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Calhoun, Central Walton, Clay, Coffee, Colquitt, Dale, Dougherty, Early, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, North Walton, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell, Tift, Worth Including the cities of Headland Municipal A/P, Blakely, Crossroads, Berrien Co A/P, Bagby State Park, Cordrays Mill, Fadette, Herod, Coles, Asbury, Palmyra, Bonifay, Forrester, Red Rock, Ewell, Arlington, Ocilla, Centerville, Newton, Fort Rucker, Fort Gaines, Pretoria, Abbeville, De Funiak Spring Airport, Headland, Cuthbert, Cuba, Cook Co A/P, Bannockburn, Daleville, Abba, Chula, Benevolence, Shivers Mill, Weber, Cotton, Hacoda, Dothan, Adel, Geneva, Hobby, Dickey, Walker, Cottle, Eucheeanna, Yeomans, Abbeville Municipal A/P, Bellview, Doverel, Queensland, Westwood, Babcock, Argyle, Bowens Mill, Fitzgerald, Alpine Heights, Geneva Municipal A/P, Fitzgerald Municipal A/P, Screamer, Pine Valley, Lawrenceville, Dill, Peterson Hill, Hatcher, Leonia, Union, Holmes County Airport, Cooktown, Ganer, Worth, Cobb Crossroads, Moores Crossroads, Battens Crossroads, Massee, Barker Store, Enterprise, Graves, Ashton, Gammage, Pelham, Nashville, Pecan, Glendale, Turner City, Albany, Springvale, Ricks Place, Sunsweet, Lockett Crossing, Red Store Crossroads, Logan Field Municipal A/P, Greggs, Camilla, Barneyville, Spence Airport, Boykin, Blackwood, Dawson, Early Co A/P, Morgan, Colquitt, Hawkinstown, Enterprise Municipal A/P, Douglasville, Leesburg, Sylvester Airport, Edison, Dawson Municipal A/P, East Albany, Southwest Ga Regional A/P, Springvale Station, Harding, Williamsburg, Waterloo, Milford, Sylvester, Browns Crossroads, Commissary Hill, Keyton, Elmodel Wma, Moultrie Municipal A/P, Isabella, Cluster Springs, Ashburn, Wire Bridge, Alfords, Mitchell Co A/P, De Funiak Springs, Jones Crossing, Cottonwood, Center Ridge, New Hope, Clarks Mill, Tifton, Moultrie, Ashford, Mayhaw, Hartford, Mabson, Georgetown, Laconte, Branchville, Hoggard Mill, Ozark, Blackwell Field A/P, Irwinville, Iveys Mill, Pleasant Ridge, Gordy, Beamon, and Days Crossroads
There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS SUMMARY Thunderstorms with severe wind gusts and hail will be possible this afternoon and evening in the northern Plains. Severe wind gusts will also be possible today across southern Georgia and northern Florida, as well as the Great Basin/northern Intermountain West. GA/FL Latest surface analysis shows a weak cold front sagging southward across GA. A very moist and unstable air mass is present along and south of the front, with dewpoints in the mid 70s and full heating expected. This will yield afternoon MLCAPE values over 3000 J/kg and scattered thunderstorm development. Sufficient northwesterly mid-level flow of 15-25 knots will help storms propagate into north FL by early evening. Locally damaging wind gusts will be possible in the stronger cells due to water loading and some momentum transfer. If outflows can congeal, a more organized damaging wind risk could develop late this afternoon and early evening before weakening after dark. MT/ND Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon along a weak surface boundary near the MT/ND border. These storms will be in a hot and moderately unstable air mass with MLCAPE around 2000 J/kg. As this activity spreads northeastward across western ND, the combination of a deep sub-cloud layer, steep low-level lapse rates, and sufficient flow aloft will pose the risk of damaging wind gusts.












