A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for Big Bend Florida. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in Tallahassee.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY... At 511 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Woodville to 28 miles east of Carrabelle, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Woodville, Crawfordville, St. Marks, Wakulla, Newport, Shadeville, Hyde Park, Wakulla Springs, Vereen, Plum Orchard, Shell Point, Port Leon, Wakulla Beach, Spring Creek, Bethel, and Liveoak Island. TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH