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High Surf Advisory 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this high surf advisory at Jul 20, 2026, 1:26 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 21, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2026, 1:26 AM CDT (06:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 21, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 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 high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Jul 20, 12:27 AM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 12:27 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 8:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 19, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 19, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 19, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 20, 3:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 20, 5:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 20, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 20, 9:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 10:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 10:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 10:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 20, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 1:28 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Jul 20, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 46 min | |
| Jul 20, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Thomas | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Early, Miller, Seminole | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 1:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Thomas | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Early | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 2:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Irwin | 29 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.