Tyndall AFB, FL Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, South-facing Gulf, and Franklin County
Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

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...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DALE...GENEVA...HOUSTON...HENRY
AND COFFEE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...NORTHWESTERN WALTON
COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...NORTH CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN
BIG BEND FLORIDA...WASHINGTON...JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN BAY AND
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...NORTHWESTERN
GADSDEN COUNTY IN BIG BEND FLORIDA...HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE
OF FLORIDA...CLAY...WESTERN CALHOUN...EARLY...SEMINOLE...WESTERN
DECATUR AND MILLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA THROUGH 445 PM
EDT/345 PM CDT/...

At 308 PM EDT/208 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms in the Florida Panhandle, southeast Alabama, and
extreme southwest Georgia. These storms are drifting around 5 to 10
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph, hail up to penny sized, and heavy
rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible. Heavy rains could product localized flooding.

Locations impacted include...
Daleville, Elba, Abbeville, Colquitt, Cottonwood, Fort Gaines,
Vernon, Bonifay, Geneva, Marianna, Headland, Dothan, Fort Rucker,
Ozark, Blakely, Chipley, Graceville, Donalsonville, Blountstown, and
Bainbridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH