Florida Weather Center

3:10 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 18, 2026
🚨Life-threatening and locally catastrophic ⚠️ flash flooding continues along the central Gulf Coast northeast of New Orleans through southern Alabama with additional heavy rain 🌧 expanding into eastern Georgia the rest of this afternoon. Convergent rain 🌧 bands with 3 to 4"/hr rainfall rates are likely to persist with additional 5 to 10"+ forecast into the evening. Widespread flash flooding, with locally catastrophic impacts likely where this extreme band persists occurs.🚨

9 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 18, 2026
🚨Tornado 🌪 Watch ⚠️ for Escambia, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa Counties until 5 p.m. CDT.🚨

8 a.m. Thursday, June 18, 2026
Today's forecasted high temperatures.🔥
Temperatures🌡will range from the low 80's in the NW Panhandle to the upper 90's in parts of Central Florida. 👀🔥