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WWUS52 KTAE 190405
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1105 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

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GENEVA AL-HOLMES FL-WALTON FL-
1004 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CST 
FOR NORTHEASTERN WALTON...NORTHERN HOLMES AND SOUTHERN GENEVA 
COUNTIES...

AT 1001 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BARKER STORE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF GENEVA...MOVING EAST
AT 65 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ARDS CROSSROADS...BLACK AND THURSTON BY 1010 PM CST...
  NOMA JUNCTION...NOMA AND ESTO BY 1015 PM CST...
  UNDERWOOD CROSSING BY 1020 PM CST...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA AND
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3083 8611 3095 8606 3108 8600 3110 8557
      3082 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 266DEG 57KT 3093 8585

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