000 FLUS42 KTAE 151054 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 554 AM EST TUE JAN 15 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-161100- 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- 554 AM EST TUE JAN 15 2008 /454 AM CST TUE JAN 15 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 DRY AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S TO PRODUCE SEVERAL HOURS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THESE LOW VALUES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES DURING THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY WITH RAIN DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE TO ABOVE ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN ELEVATED INTO AT LEAST EARLY THURSDAY. WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR GALE FORCE FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PASSES. THE SURFACE LOW IS FORECAST TO TRACK FROM NEAR PANAMA CITY TO TALLAHASSEE AND THEN NORTHEAST TO NEAR VALDOSTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LOW TRACK THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BE ON THE STRONG TO SEVERE SIDE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE MAIN THREAT. AT THIS TIME THE MAIN THREAT FOR THIS SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD MOSTLY REMAIN OVER THE MARINE AREA...HOWEVER LOCATIONS FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA OVER TO THE SOUTHEASTERN BIG BEND MAY EXPERIENCE THESE STORMS SHOULD THE SURFACE LOW MOVE JUST A BIT FURTHER TO THE NORTH. STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MAY CAUSE TIDES TO RUN UP TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COASTLINE. AT THIS TIME COASTAL FLOODING DOES NOT SEEM LIKELY...HOWEVER IF THE SURFACE LOW WAS TO TRACK A BIT FURTHER NORTH ALLOWING FOR A LONGER DURATION OF SOUTHERLY WINDS...SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WOULD BECOME MORE LIKELY. RESIDENTS ALONG THE BIG BEND COASTLINE ARE URGED TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 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. $$ 14-MROCZKA