A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EDT/800 AM CDT/ for Big Bend and the Panhandle of Florida...and southwestern Georgia. 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.

At 509 AM EDT/409 AM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Graceville to 7 miles northwest of Wewahitchka, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Blountstown, Marianna, Chipley, Graceville, Bonifay, Stonemill Creek, Chattahoochee, Orange, Bradford, Malone, Wewahitchka, Sneads, Bristol, Cottondale, Grand Ridge, Greenwood, Altha, Alford, Wausau, and Esto.