000 WWUS82 KTAE 020017 SPSTAE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 716 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2006 GAZ124-020100- TERRELL- 716 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR TERRELL COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM EST... AT 712 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHELLMAN...OR 8 MILES EAST OF CUTHBERT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... DAWSON BY 735 PM EST. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH 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