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FLUS42 KTAE 051018
HWOTAE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
518 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TODAY...
...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ750-755-770-775-061030-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-
IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL EXTENDING FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
518 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 /418 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007/

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICKLY
NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE GULF COAST STATES TODAY...BRINGING
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. THE
COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT MOISTURE...INCREASING WINDS WITH
HEIGHT...AND ADEQUATE INSTABILITY WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENT FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. AS OF 5 AM EST
(4 AM CST)...A SQUALL LINE WAS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN
ALABAMA. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF WINDS DAMAGE WITH THIS
PARTICULAR LINE OF STORMS. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL
LIKELY BE WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA AND CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER THIS
MORNING...THEN EAST OF THESE RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL
GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK
OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND
COAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. CONDITIONS DO
NOT APPEAR AS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS THE SYSTEM
MOVING THROUGH OUR AREA TODAY. COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. IN FACT...THERE WILL BE A THREAT
OF A LIGHT FREEZE OR FROST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNINGS. 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN TALLAHASSEE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE.

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