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WWUS52 KTAE 180153
SVSTAE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
953 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024

FLC039-065-180203-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0123.000000T0000Z-240518T0215Z/
Gadsden FL-Jefferson FL-
953 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GADSDEN AND
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for Big Bend
Florida.

&&

LAT...LON 3053 8402 3052 8404 3050 8404 3031 8418
      3031 8456 3047 8444 3048 8440 3051 8440
      3061 8432 3056 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 293DEG 20KT 3055 8419 3042 8425 3033 8447

$$

FLC073-180215-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0123.000000T0000Z-240518T0215Z/
Leon FL-
953 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL LEON COUNTY...

At 953 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles northeast of Tallahassee to Florida A and M to
10 miles southwest of Tallahassee Community College, moving southeast
at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
         roofs, siding, and trees.

These severe storms will be near...
  Tallahassee and Woodville around 1000 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Lake
Bradford, Gaither Community Center, Tallahassee Memorial Hosp, Walker
Ford Community Center, South City, Eight Mile Pond, Griffin Heights,
Tallahassee Regional A/P, Governors Square Mall, and Midtown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for Big Bend
Florida.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3053 8402 3052 8404 3050 8404 3031 8418
      3031 8456 3047 8444 3048 8440 3051 8440
      3061 8432 3056 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 293DEG 20KT 3055 8419 3042 8425 3033 8447

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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