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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT for Liberty County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 20, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Liberty County, FL
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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 Aug 20, 3:22 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 3:22 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 19, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 68 min |
| Aug 20, 2:36 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:28 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Gulf | 23 hr |
| Aug 20, 10:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 92 min | |
| Aug 20, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Aug 20, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 2:21 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 24 min |
| Aug 20, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 3:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Walton | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 54 min |
| Aug 20, 7:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 84 min |
| Aug 20, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Randolph | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Terrell | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Terrell | 37 min |
| Aug 20, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Mitchell | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 7:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Terrell | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 23 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.