Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Okaloosa County in FL until 3:30pm.

— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) August 19, 2026

Thunderstorms near Niceville, Fort Walton Beach, Ocean City, Wright, Eglin AFB, and across southern Okaloosa County are loud and proud as of 2:25PM.

Also seeing strong storms develop in parts of eastern Escambia (AL) and southern Covington counties this afternoon. https://t.co/M6cwiu5uVp

— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) August 19, 2026

Isolated strong thunderstorms are beginning to fire up across the region this afternoon.

Loud thunder, cloud-to-ground lightning, heavy pockets of rain, and gusty winds will be possible in the strongest of the storms. https://t.co/19k6bDoSry

— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) August 19, 2026

RT @AndyHazelton: This is a rare satellite image, with one hurricane that already affected Hawaii and another forming that could threaten t…

— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) August 19, 2026

RT @NWSMobile: Same message, different day. A Heat Advisory is in effect for the area for Heat Indices rising into the 108-111 range, with…

— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) August 19, 2026

Scattered P.M. storms will continue to be possible across the region today, tomorrow, and Friday. Slightly lower rain chances are in store for the upcoming weekend.

Hot temperatures will persist each afternoon/evening over the next 7 days. https://t.co/bjk9QRsRDA

— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) August 19, 2026

P.M. POP-UP STORMS TODAY; HEAT & HUMIDITY CONTINUE… Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop across parts of south Alabama and northwest Florida this afternoon into the evening hours. It won’t rain all day, and not every community will have rain before the end of the https://t.co/9od2iuImW3

— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) August 19, 2026