Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
630 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MARINERS...

GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS
ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE RAIN HAS MOVED AWAY.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT.  TIDES AT
APALACHICOLA REMAIN 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS.  REPORTS INDICATE THAT
THE TIDE IS SLOWLY RECEDING.  HOWEVER RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE
ALERT TO THE COASTAL FLOODING SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF
NECESSARY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT.  THIS MEANS THAT
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FORMATION OF TORNADOES ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT
IMMINENT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT.  MOST OF THE
HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.  FLOODING CAN
STILL BE EXPECTED IN NORTHERN GULF COUNTY WHERE 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL EARLIER TODAY.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE
SITUATION.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS.
WINDS ARE CURRENTLY GUSTING TO NEAR 35 KNOTS ON COASTAL WATERS.
MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING OUT OF PORT TONIGHT.

LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND REPORT ANY DAMAGE
TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.
THIS EVENING COULD AGGRAVATE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
628 PM EDT (528 PM CDT) SUN OCT 2 1994

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM...

AT 620 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF MADISON COUNTY.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.
THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF MADISON COUNTY IN THE
NEXT HALF HOUR.

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF
NORTHERN DECATUR...GRADY...AND THOMAS COUNTIES BY 700 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT.  RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY MADISON...TAYLOR..AND DIXIE
COUNTIES...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
715 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994

TIME           COUNTY             EVENT

300 PM EDT    FRANKLIN CO     59 MPH WIND GUST ON ST GEORGE ISLAND
                              CAUSEWAY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
739 PM EDT (639 PM CDT) SUN OCT 2 1994

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM THOMAS COUNTY GEORGIA AND JEFFERSON COUNTY
FLORIDA EASTWARD...

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND FROM GRADY COUNTY GEORGIA AND LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES IN FLORIDA
WESTWARD...

AS OF 730 PM EDT...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED
NORTHEAST OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.  NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF DIXIE COUNTY.  THESE STORMS
WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER DIXIE
COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR.  ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS
WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THOMAS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES
EASTWARD.  RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
833 PM EDT (733 PM CDT) SUN OCT 2 1994

...TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED ACROSS THOMAS AND BROOKS COUNTIES IN
GEORGIA...AND JEFFERSON...MADISON...TAYLOR...AND DIXIE COUNTIES IN
FLORIDA...

THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA HAS EXPIRED.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH DUMPED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EARLIER HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE
REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION...EXTENSIVE FLOOD
WATERS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER
FLOOD STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
834 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994

AT 800 PM EDT...THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES
EXPIRED. THE TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES HAVE ALSO EXPIRED. THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR TODAYS WEATHER HAS MOVED INLAND AND IS
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT.

FOR THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST NEAR 35 MILES AN
HOUR NEAR THE COAST BUT THEY WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY SUNRISE.  A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT...SO MARINERS SHOULD STILL USE
EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING OUT OF PORT.

TIDES AT APALACHICOLA ARE STILL RUNNING ABOUT 1 1/2 TO 2 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL.  AS THE WINDS SLACK OFF...THE TIDE SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE.

LISTEN FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
BROADCAST.

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