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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 24, 2026Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2026, 3:21 PM CDT for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2026, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Dale County, AL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 24, 2:49 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:49 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 2:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 2:31 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 2:53 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 3:16 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 3:17 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
417 PM EDT Sun May 24 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0404 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 S Adel                31.11N 83.43W
05/24/2026  M40 MPH          Cook               GA   Mesonet

            Mesonet station AELG1 Adel.

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Special weather statement, May 24, 3:21 PM CDT, 0 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
May 23, 9:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Gadsden, Leon	112 min
May 24, 2:34 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton	21 hr
May 24, 6:57 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		93 min
May 24, 7:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	46 min
May 24, 10:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	38 min
May 24, 11:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	43 min
May 24, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Liberty	49 min
May 24, 2:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty	3 hr
May 24, 5:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Gadsden, Leon, Liberty	3 hr
May 23, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill	25 min
May 23, 7:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Grady	115 min
May 23, 8:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	4 hr
May 24, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell	66 min
May 24, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Cook	37 min
May 24, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift	62 min
May 24, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Baker	44 min
May 24, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Terrell	52 min
May 24, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Clay, Randolph	32 min
May 24, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Lee, Quitman, Randolph and 1 more	56 min
May 24, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Calhoun, Randolph, Terrell	3 hr
May 24, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner	54 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Worth	29 min
May 24, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	35 min
May 24, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Houston	28 min
May 24, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Henry	29 min
May 24, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale	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.