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Tornado Warning issued for Jefferson, Madison, Taylor Counties until 1:00 p.m.
Posted at 12:39 PM, Jan 27, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-27 12:39:13-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Jefferson, Madison, Taylor Counties until 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 12 miles south of Monticello moving east at 40 mph.
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Thousands in Big Bend area, South Georgia without power after Wednesday tornado
MGN Online
and last updated 2021-01-27 16:06:37-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Thousands of people are without power in the Big Bend area and South Georgia following a tornado Wednesday afternoon.
Below are the areas and numbers of
Talquin customers facing outages as of 4:04 p.m., Wednesday:
Counties :
There are 201 outages, affecting 4,385 customers.
Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative customers facing outages as of 3:18 p.m., Wednesday:
Suwannee County: Seven outages, 48 customers affected.
Hamilton County: Two outages, 177 customers affected.
Duke Energy customers facing outages as of 3:18 p.m., Wednesday:
Jefferson County: One outage, two customers affected.
Flash Flood Watch issued for Big Bend area
Posted at 2:47 PM, Jan 02, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-02 15:17:02-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning in several Big Bend Counties until 6:45 p.m. Saturday.
The following counties are under a flash flood warning:
Jefferson County
Heavy rainfall is expected across the area on Saturday as a cold front stalls.
To help residents mitigate localized flooding caused by recent heavy rains, the City of Tallahassee has established a community sandbag location with 1,000 bags available.
The site is open at James Messer Park South, located at 2830 Jackson Bluff Road (on the south side of Jackson Bluff Road between Appleyard Drive and Dupree Street). The site will remain open until it is no longer needed.
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch across the Big Bend area and South Georgia, effective Saturday morning through late Saturday night.