000 WWUS82 KTAE 021820 SPSTAE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 119 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 FLZ015-017>019-026-027-GAZ158-021845- FRANKLIN-JEFFERSON-LEON-LIBERTY-MADISON-THOMAS-WAKULLA- 119 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON... LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...THOMAS AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... AT 117 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTICELLO TO 14 MILES NORTH OF CARRABELLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... CRAWFORDVILLE BY 125 PM EST. MONTICELLO BY 140 PM EST. ST. MARKS BY 145 PM EST. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO...NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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. ALSO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. $$ 9-FOURNIER