{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.9818bee5e9db1bd9002c64a8bb475526fb2bb024.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued May 31 at 6:24PM EDT by NWS Tallahassee FL","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-31","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.9818bee5e9db1bd9002c64a8bb475526fb2bb024.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Tallahassee FL"},"word_count":162,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued May 31 at 6:24PM EDT by NWS Tallahassee FL\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Henry; Calhoun; Dougherty; Early; Baker\n**Issued by:** NWS Tallahassee FL\n**Sent:** 2026-05-31T18:24:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-31T18:24:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-31T19:15:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nAt 624 PM EDT/524 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong\nthunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of\nBaconton to 8 miles southwest of Leary to Blakely to 7 miles\nsoutheast of Abbeville to 7 miles southeast of Texasville. Movement\nwas south at 10 mph.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around\nunsecured objects.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nAbbeville, Newton, Blakely, Albany, Arlington, Douglasville,\nCenterville, Damascus, Haleburg, Iveys Mill, Radium Springs, Edwin,\nHayes, Rock Hill, Graball, Dancey, Early Co A/p, Hentown, Rowena, and\nBalkum.\n\n## Instructions\nIf outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.\n\nTorrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead\nto localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded\nroadways."}