000 FLUS42 KTAE 220835 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 435 AM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 FLZ108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775- 230845- SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE- 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- 435 AM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 /335 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012/ ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES AND A MODERATE RISK ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND AND OUR EASTERNMOST GEORGIA ZONES. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES ON FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A DRIER AIR MASS ALONG WITH COOLER MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION SUNDAY INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. 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. $$ ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 230845- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY- RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 435 AM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 /335 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012/ .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. $$