Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Tallahassee, FL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1240 PM EST (1140 AM CST) TUE NOV 24 1992

THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH FLORIDA AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA EXPIRED AT NOON EST.

AT 1235 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA
CITY FLORIDA.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON
COUNTY SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN BAY COUNTY TO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF ST.
ANDREWS BAY.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EASTWARD VERY SLOWLY...WHILE
INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AT 30 TO 40 MPH
ALONG THE LINE.  THIS IS RESULTING IN COME AREAS OF JACKSON...WASHINGTON
AND BAY COUNTIES RECEIVING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.  WEATHER RADAR
ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY AS WELL
AS WASHINGTON COUNTY FLORIDA INDICATE AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OR MORE OF
RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN SOME AREAS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS SO FAR
TODAY.

PERSONS IN JACKSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN FLORIDA CAN EXPECT
ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS AS THESE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO WESTERN PORTIONS
GADSDEN COUNTY...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CALHOUN COUNTY FLORIDA...AND
ACROSS SEMINOLE AND DECATUR COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE
NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO SPREAD INTO NORTHERN GRADY AND NORTHWEST THOMAS
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
313 PM EST (213 PM CST) TUE NOV 24 1992

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MOVING INTO THE BIG BEND AREA OF
NORTH FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 300 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR DOTHAN ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD TO FT
WALTON BEACH AND INTO THE GULF 35 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA. A SECOND
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM NEAR ALBANY GEORGIA EXTENDING
SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN FLORIDA. THESE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS AREA...THE
POTENTIAL CONTINUES TO EXIST FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE SLOW
MOVEMENT OF THE LINES OF STORMS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES OR MORE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WDEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.