The Florida Panhandle is dealing with a harmful morning of extreme climate Thursday, because the Nationwide Climate Service in Tallahassee issued back-to-back Extreme Thunderstorm Warnings for a number of counties, with forecasters alerting residents that tornadoes might additionally develop at any second.
Quick-Transferring Storms Convey Wind and Hail Menace
The warnings cowl a broad stretch of the Panhandle, concentrating on Jackson, Holmes, Washington, and surrounding counties. On the middle of the menace are radar-confirmed extreme thunderstorms racing eastward at 45 mph — leaving little time for residents to arrange.
The first hazards with these storms are 60 mph wind gusts and quarter-size hail — roughly one inch in diameter. The Nationwide Climate Service warns that residents ought to count on hail injury to autos, in addition to wind injury to roofs, siding, and bushes in affected communities.
Among the many cities instantly within the path of the storms are Marianna, Chipley, Graceville, Bonifay, Cottondale, Malone, Greenwood, and Bascom, together with dozens of smaller communities throughout the area.
Twister Watch in Impact — Residents Urged to Take Shelter
The extreme thunderstorm menace comes on prime of a broader Twister Watch already in impact till 1:00 PM CDT for southeastern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. That watch — Watch 190, issued by the Nationwide Climate Service — additionally covers 13 Florida counties and 17 counties throughout southwest and south-central Georgia, together with the cities of Tallahassee, Panama Metropolis, and Dothan, Alabama.
Forecasters are urging all residents in warned areas to take the menace critically. Tornadoes can develop quickly from extreme thunderstorms with little to no extra warning. If a twister is noticed, the Nationwide Climate Service advises shifting instantly to a basement or inside room on the bottom flooring of a sturdy constructing, away from home windows.
These in cellular properties or autos ought to search sturdier shelter instantly. Now just isn’t the time to attend and see — when warnings are issued, act first.
Circumstances are anticipated to enhance by mid-afternoon because the storm system pushes eastward, however residents ought to proceed monitoring native alerts via the Nationwide Climate Service and native emergency administration channels all through the morning.
Supply: Nationwide Climate Service, Tallahassee FL — Might 7, 2026
