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WWUS82 KTAE 021931
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
229 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

GAZ127>129-131-022030-
IRWIN-TIFT-TURNER-WORTH-
229 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR IRWIN...TIFT...TURNER
AND WORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EST...

AT 224 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TY TY...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
SYLVESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TIFTON BY 240 PM EST(140 PM CST).
  MYSTIC BY 255 PM EST(155 PM CST).
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OCILLA BY 300 PM EST(200 PM CST).

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 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 FREQUENT 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.

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17-GOULD