000 FLUS42 KTAE 101042 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 542 AM EST THU JAN 10 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-111100- 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- 542 AM EST THU JAN 10 2008 /442 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS. ...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THIS MORNING WITH VISIBILITIES OF A HALF MILE OR LESS COMMON. THE MORNING FOG WILL BE MORE PATCHY NORTH AND WEST OF THE BIG BEND. CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL DEVELOP WEST OF THE AREA DURING THE PEAK HEATING OF THE DAY AND IN AN AREA OF INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER AND LOW LEVEL SHEAR. A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI DURING THE DAY...MOVING INTO WESTERN ALABAMA LATE IN THE DAY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITHIN THE LINE. HOWEVER...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AND WITHIN THE LINE. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA UNTIL WELL AFTER DARK. HOWEVER...WHILE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WILL START TO WEAKEN BY THE TIME IT REACHES OUR FORECAST AREA...WE ARE STILL EXPECTING SEVERE WEATHER TO MAKE IT INTO OUR WESTERN ZONES...MAINLY WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA AND FLINT RIVERS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 7 AM FRIDAY. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THIS REGION OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND WILL SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF FOG TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH THIS COULD DISSIPATE DURING THE NIGHT AS THE CONVECTION APPROACHES FORM THE WEST. WINDS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INCREASE TO EXERCISE CAUTION LEVELS OVER THE PANHANDLE WATERS THIS EVENING AND EVENTUALLY ACROSS THE BIG BEND WATERS LATE TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING AND A FEW COULD BE STRONG. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IN SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT IS LOWER THAN FOR TONIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FROM TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. 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. $$ 18-WOOL