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Storm Surge Warning 1014, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 8, 20188 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this storm surge warning at Oct 8, 2018, 4:42 PM CDT for 8 counties in Florida. It was in force for 60 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2018, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2018, 4:26 AM CDT
In force
60 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 storm surge 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 storm surge warning went out at Oct 8, 2:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 2:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 4:16 AM CDTHurricane WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 8 more48 hr
Oct 8, 4:16 AM CDTStorm Surge WatchTAEBay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more12 hr
Oct 8, 4:16 AM CDTTropical Storm WatchTAELafayette, Madison12 hr
Oct 8, 4:42 PM CDTHurricane WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 8 more55 hr
Oct 8, 4:42 PM CDTTropical Storm WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor60 hr

Nearby

Storm Surge Warnings in Florida, 2018Every storm surge warning 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.