000 WWUS82 KTAE 012351 SPSTAE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 649 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2006 ALZ065-066-068-020045- COFFEE-DALE-GENEVA- 649 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR COFFEE...DALE AND GENEVA COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CST... AT 538 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAMSON...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OPP...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ENTERPRISE BY 610 PM CST. LEVEL PLAINS BY 620 PM CST. FORT RUCKER BY 625 PM CST. NEWTON BY 640 PM CST. 5 MILES NORTH OF PINCKARD BY 645 PM CST. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. $$ 17-GOULD