THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA, NORTHWESTERN BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA , SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA, HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA, WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA UNTIL 815 AM CDT.
AT 721 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SAMSON TO NEAR DEFUNIAK SPRINGS TO NEAR EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE TO NEAR DESTIN, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… PANAMA CITY BEACH, VERNON, SANTA ROSA BEACH, BONIFAY, GENEVA, CHIPLEY,
GRACEVILLE, DE FUNIAK SPRINGS, HARTFORD, SLOCOMB, EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, BRADFORD, UNION, LIVE OAK, FREEPORT, MALVERN, PONCE DE LEON, CARYVILLE, WAUSAU AND ESTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING
