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Hurricane Watch 1014, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 8, 201814 counties in Florida; 18 counties in Georgia; Coffee County, Dale County, Henry County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this hurricane watch at Oct 8, 2018, 4:16 AM CDT for 14 counties in Florida; 18 counties in Georgia; Coffee County, Dale County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 8, 2018, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
Expired: Oct 10, 2018, 4:42 AM CDT
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

All 35 counties

Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lee County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hurricane watch 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 hurricane watch went out at Oct 8, 2:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 2:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 8, 4:16 AM CDT	Storm Surge Watch	TAE	Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more	12 hr
Oct 8, 4:16 AM CDT	Tropical Storm Watch	TAE	Lafayette, Madison	12 hr
Oct 8, 4:42 PM CDT	Hurricane Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 8 more	55 hr
Oct 8, 4:42 PM CDT	Storm Surge Warning	TAE	Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more	60 hr
Oct 8, 4:42 PM CDT	Tropical Storm Warning	TAE	Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor	60 hr

Nearby

Hurricane Watches in Georgia, 2018 Hurricane Watches in Florida, 2018 Hurricane Watches in Alabama, 2018 Every hurricane watch in 2018

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.