000 WWUS82 KTAE 021840 SPSTAE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 135 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 FLZ014-015-017>019-026>029-034-GAZ147-148-158>161-030100- BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-COOK GA-DIXIE FL-FRANKLIN FL-GULF FL- JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL-LANIER GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA- MADISON FL-TAYLOR FL-THOMAS GA-WAKULLA FL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADEL...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...LAKELAND...MADISON...MAYO... MONTICELLO...NASHVILLE...PERRY...PORT ST. JOE...QUITMAN... ST. MARKS...STEINHATCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE AND VALDOSTA 135 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST (700 PM CST) MONDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN GEORGIA...THOMAS...COOK...BROOKS...BERRIEN...LANIER...AND LOWNDES. IN FLORIDA...GULF...LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA... JEFFERSON...MADISON...TAYLOR...DIXIE...AND LAFAYETTE. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. $$ 8-JAMSKI