000 WWUS82 KTAE 020050 SPSTAE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 750 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2006 ALZ066-068-069-020130- DALE-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 650 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DALE... GENEVA AND WESTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES IN ALABAMA... AT 747 PM EST(647 PM CST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE CENTER OF THIS LARGE STORM WILL BE NEAR... HARTFORD BY 830 PM EST(730 PM CST). WIND GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS FROM THIS STORM MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS AND VERY DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF DALE...GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS IN A PLACE OF SAFETY UNTIL THIS LARGE STORM PASSES. $$ 1-DUVAL