000 FLUS42 KTAE 161046 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 546 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-171100- 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- 546 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 /446 AM CST WED JAN 16 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 LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GULF TODAY...AND ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL BLANKET THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE NEAR THE COAST TONIGHT...WHERE THE AIRMASS WILL BE MORE UNSTABLE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. MUCH WILL DEPEND ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW. IF THE LOW TAKES A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE UNLIKELY. IF THE LOW MOVES INLAND FARTHER TO THE WEST...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MORE LIKELY. STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL CAUSE SEVERAL MARINE AND COASTAL HAZARDS...INCLUDING A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...AND A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE PANHANDLE COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... RAIN WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE REGION. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE AS WELL. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS TONIGHT...IN CASE ACTIVATION BECOMES NECESSARY. 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. $$ FOURNIER