000 FLUS42 KTAE 111051 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 551 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-121100- 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- 551 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2008 /451 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008/ 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. A PRE-FRONTAL BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SLOW PROGRESS TO THE EAST TODAY. WHILE THE OVERALL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS...INCLUDING TORNADOES UNTIL AROUND 8 AM EST. THE MOST ACTIVE PART OF THE LINE OF STORMS WILL BE OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING. WINDS OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS UNTIL THE FRONTAL WIND SHIFT. MARINERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL LINGER ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE FRONT STALLS JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AFTER TODAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND CROSS THE LOCAL AREA MID WEEK. THIS LOW WILL INCREASE WINDS OVER THE GULF WATERS...PERHAPS SUBSTANTIALLY. ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ACTIVATED UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PASSED YOUR AREA. $$ 18-WOOL