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WWUS82 KTAE 161306
SPSTAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
806 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
FLZ009>011-161400-
HOLMES FL-JACKSON FL-WASHINGTON FL-
806 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON
CENTRAL
HOLMES AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 900 AM CDT...
AT 806 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES WEST OF BONIFAY, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VERNON, CHIPLEY, BONIFAY, MARIANNA, BRADFORD, COTTONDALE, ALFORD,
CARYVILLE, WAUSAU, WESTVILLE, HINSONS CROSSROADS, RICHTER CROSSROADS,
WHITEHEAD CROSSROADS, GRITNEY, JACOBS, BAHOMA, JOHNSON CROSSROADS,
BROCK CROSSROAD, JACOB CITY, AND CHIPLEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR THE PANHANDLE
OF FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3066 8587 3069 8587 3070 8585 3070 8588
3089 8587 3090 8525 3060 8527 3065 8588
3066 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 1306Z 265DEG 42KT 3076 8581
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
11-MM
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