000 WWUS52 KTAE 172139 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 436 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008 ALC031-061-172215- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080217T2215Z/ GENEVA AL-COFFEE AL- 336 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR COFFEE AND NORTHWESTERN GENEVA COUNTIES... AT 331 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF NEWBY TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINSTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF LUVERNE TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... PERRY STORE...NEWBY...KINSTON AND DANLEYS CROSSROADS BY 345 PM CST... SAMSON...ELBA AND CARL FOLSOM A/P BY 345 PM CST... SELLERSVILLE AND SHADY GROVE BY 355 PM CST... AN OBSERVATION STATION NEAR ANDALUSIA ALABAMA AT 328 PM CST REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 46 MPH NEAR TO THE STRONGEST STORMS WITHIN THE LINE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3155 8579 3154 8580 3110 8580 3111 8620 3153 8622 3155 8619 3155 8616 3162 8615 3163 8579 TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 252DEG 42KT 3161 8625 3115 8630 $$ 38-GODSEY