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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 17, 2008Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2008, 11:35 PM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 2008, 11:35 PM CDT (04:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2008, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Bay County, FL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 17, 7:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 7:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 8:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:22 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1222 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2008

FLZ012-180515-
BAY-
1122 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

AT 1117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF UPPER GRAND LAGOON...OR 14
MILES WEST OF PANAMA CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 12 MPH. THIS STORM
WILL MOVE OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS. A WATERSPOUT IS POSSIBLE.

WINDS AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

24-BLOCK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 11:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay	49 min
Jun 17, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		59 min
Jun 18, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay	38 min
Jun 18, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf	40 min
Jun 18, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		60 min
Jun 18, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		57 min
Jun 18, 3:10 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		95 min
Jun 18, 4:51 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more	10 hr
Jun 18, 4:51 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon and 4 more	14 hr
Jun 18, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		55 min
Jun 18, 2:23 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	24 hr
Jun 18, 2:23 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	29 hr
Jun 18, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		36 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.