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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 23, 2026Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2026, 7:09 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2026, 7:09 AM EDT (11:09 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Franklin County, FL

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 May 23, 2:17 AM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:17 AM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 5:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
525 AM EDT Sat May 23 2026

FLZ014-015-112-114-115-231015-
Coastal Bay FL-Inland Franklin FL-Inland Gulf FL-Coastal Franklin FL-
Coastal Gulf FL-
525 AM EDT Sat May 23 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT GULF...SOUTHEASTERN BAY AND
WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 615 AM EDT/515 AM CDT/...

At 524 AM EDT/424 AM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Tyndall Air Force Base
to 8 miles west of Port St. Joe to 28 miles south of Mexico Beach.
Movement was east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Port St. Joe, Apalachicola, Mexico Beach, Tyndall Air Force Base,
White City, Wewahitchka, Honeyville, Allanton, Chipola Cutoff, Eleven
Mile, Odena, Cape San Blas, Indian Pass, Overstreet, Davis Beach, Bay
City, Willis Landing, Apalachicola Airport, Wetappo, and Simmons
Bayou.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2973 8548 2988 8549 2993 8556 3001 8560
      3012 8543 3010 8539 3013 8539 3013 8514
      3012 8513 3012 8514 3011 8515 3010 8514
      3009 8515 3008 8514 3004 8514 2999 8504
      2982 8498 2963 8503 2959 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 0924Z 262DEG 22KT 2996 8552 2977 8543 2953 8548

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

21-WD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		38 min
May 23, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun	50 min
May 23, 5:21 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Franklin, Gulf	18 hr
May 23, 5:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gulf	50 min
May 23, 6:04 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		86 min
May 23, 7:27 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
May 23, 9:19 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		116 min
May 23, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jackson	37 min
May 23, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	23 min
May 22, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Irwin	26 min
May 22, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Seminole	28 min
May 22, 8:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	118 min
May 23, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Turner	41 min
May 23, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Irwin	32 min
May 23, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill	29 min
May 23, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lowndes	28 min
May 23, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Turner	49 min
May 23, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lee	33 min
May 23, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Irwin	42 min
May 23, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	40 min
May 23, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Berrien	34 min
May 23, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill	41 min
May 23, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Mitchell	34 min
May 23, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	37 min
May 23, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	36 min
May 23, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	27 min
May 23, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale	30 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.