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WWUS82 KTAE 190118
SPSTAE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
918 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
FLZ015-115-190145-
INLAND FRANKLIN FL-COASTAL FRANKLIN FL-
918 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL GULF AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...
AT 918 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES NORTH OF EASTPOINT, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARRABELLE, ST GEORGE ISLAND, EASTPOINT, APALACHICOLA, FRANKLIN,
CARRABELLE BEACH, BUCK SIDING, ROYAL BLUFF, HIGH BLUFF, YENT PLACE,
ST GEORGE ISLAND ST PK, BEVERLY, GREEN POINT, CREELS, HAYS PLACE,
FORT GADSDEN, AND BAY CITY.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 2978 8504 2981 8502 2982 8502 2983 8503
2988 8504 2990 8506 2995 8502 2997 8503
3001 8500 3001 8485 2982 8448 2964 8474
2955 8493 2954 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 318DEG 26KT 2990 8490
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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