000 FLUS42 KTAE 061112 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 612 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-071115- 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- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 612 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 /512 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009/ ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...A THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF OUR GEORGIA AND BIG BEND ZONES OCCASIONALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE-HALF MILE. CONDITIONS SHOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE BY 10 AM EST. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH TODAY AND PUSH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION BEGINNING TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL BE PRECEDED BY A SQUALL LINE CONTAINING STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS HIGHLIGHTED OUR AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM LEE COUNTY GEORGIA TO FRANKLIN COUNTY FLORIDA FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA BETWEEN 8 PM EST AND MIDNIGHT EST AND THEN INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN BIG BEND SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE EASTERN BIG BEND TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ALTHOUGH A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE TO ADVISORY LEVELS ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS THIS EVENING AND A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE PANHANDLE BEACHES TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL IT MOVES EAST OF THE REGION EITHER LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY AIDE THE SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES THAT DEVELOP. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY BRINGING WITH IT ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ACTIVATED AT THE FIRST ISSUANCE OF A WATCH OR WEATHER WARNING FOR OUR AREA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. $$ BARRY