Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1:10 AM EST (12:10 AM CST) SAT MAR 17 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR MUCH OF
   NORTHWEST AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 100 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED WEST
OF A LINE FROM NEAR BLAKELY GEORGIA TO PANAMA CITY AND INTO THE GULF FOR
OVER 150 MILES.  THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WERE OVER NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY.
THE RAIN AREA IS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

WHILE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DECREASED PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN
ON THE OUTLOOK FOR POTENTIALLY TlHREATENING WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED.

COLLINS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
138 AM EST SAT FEB 1771990

...TORNADO WATCH WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INCLUDING GULF COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM EST.

AT 127 AM EST...AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVU RAIN WAS OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF DOTHAN
ALABAMA.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA REACHED FROM 20 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS
GEORGIA TO PANAMA CITY AND THEN TRAILED SOUTHWEST OUT OVER THE GULF FOR
WELL OVEIR 125 MILES.

THE AREA WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
2:15 AM EST (1:15 AM CST) SAT MAR 17 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR MUCH OF
   NORTHWEST AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 210 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED WEST
OF A LINE FROM NEAR ALBANY GEORGIA TO PANAMA CITY AND INTO THE GULF FOR
OVER 150 MILES.  THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE PANAMA CITY AREA
AND SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA.  THE PRECIPITATION IS MOVING EAST AT 5
MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
CALHOUN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

COLLINS