Headline:
Special Weather Statement issued January 6 at 8:56AM EST by NWS Tallahassee FL
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
January 6, 2025 - 5:56am
Expires:
January 6, 2025 - 6:30am
Description:
At 855 AM EST/755 AM CST/, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers
along a line extending from 12 miles southeast of Wewahitchka to 8
miles southeast of Port St. Joe to 23 miles south of Mexico Beach.
Movement was east at 55 mph. An ambient weather station in Cape San
Blas recently gusted to 42 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...
Carrabelle, Eastpoint, Apalachicola, St George Island, Port St. Joe,
Franklin, Sopchoppy, Carrabelle Beach, Royal Bluff, Eleven Mile, St
George Island St Pk, Odena, Cape San Blas, Indian Pass, Beverly, Bay
City, Willis Landing, Apalachicola Airport, Simmons Bayou, and Curtis
Mill.
Instruction:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description:
Inland Gulf; Inland Franklin; Liberty; Inland Wakulla; Coastal Gulf; Coastal Franklin; Coastal Wakulla
Forcast Office:
NWS Tallahassee FL