Weather Alerts For Carrabelle Beach, FL

A Weather Alert has been issued for a nearby area. While your current location is outside of the impacted area, please stay alert and monitor weather conditions. # HEADLINE -------------------- STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN GULF, WAKULLA, LIBERTY, SOUTHERN LEON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT/545 PM CDT/ # SUMMARY -------------------- At 541 PM EDT/441 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along portions of the Florida Big Bend Coast. These strong thunderstorms are nearly stationary. # DETAILS -------------------- 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 Tallahassee, Woodville, Carrabelle, St. Marks, Crawfordville, Apalachicola, Orange, Wakulla, Sopchoppy, Shadeville, Jewel Fire Tower, Leon Sinks, Wakulla Springs, Vilas, Central City, Eight Mile Pond, Beverly, Panacea, Poplar Camp, and Medart. ISSUED AT Friday, July 24, 2026 at 5:43 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Tallahassee FL HEADER Special Weather Statement # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Coastal Franklin FL, Coastal Jefferson FL, Coastal Wakulla FL, Inland Franklin FL, Inland Gulf FL, Inland Wakulla FL, Leon FL, Northern Liberty FL, Southern Liberty FL

Closest strike: 3.52 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.