000 WWUS82 KTAE 051352 SPSTAE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 849 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ALZ065>069-FLZ007-009-051445- COFFEE-DALE-GENEVA-HENRY-HOLMES-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON- 749 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA... HENRY...HOLMES...HOUSTON AND WALTON COUNTIES... * UNTIL 845 AM CST AT 744 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GLENWOOD TO CANNON TOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUVERNE TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THE MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE STRUCTURES AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. $$ 11-GOREE