HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 508 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
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COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-
IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
546 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009 /446 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO GATHER STRENGTH ACROSS
EASTERN TEXAS TODAY AS A COLD FRONT RACES EASTWARD ALONG THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST. A SQUALL LINE WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE EASTWARD
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN A STRONGLY SHEARED AND MODESTLY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THIS SQUALL LINE IS PREDICTED TO APPROACH THE
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA JUST BEFORE
NIGHTFALL...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. AS THE LINE OF STORMS MOVES FURTHER EAST THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING...IT WILL ENCOUNTER A SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIRMASS. THIS
MAY WEAKEN THE STORMS AND DECREASE THE SEVERE THREAT ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM
SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
WHERE STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY
AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE
DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND
BEACHES WHERE THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. EVERYONE SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE SURF
TODAY...EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE REGION AFTER
DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY MORNING BRINGING A DRIER AIRMASS TO THE REGION
THAT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY LATER TODAY. SPOTTERS
SHOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES ACTIVATED AT THE FIRST ISSUANCE OF A
WATCH OR WARNING.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.
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LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 403 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...
.A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER EASTERN TEXAS EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST
INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. THIS POWERFUL
STORM WILL GENERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA...
WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35
MPH OVER NORTH FLORIDA...WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS NEAR THE COAST.
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON
AREA LAKES TODAY...WHICH WILL BE FURTHER AMPLIFIED BY THE INCREASING
CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
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COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-
IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...
DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...
SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB...
COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON...
BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA...
GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY...
LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...
PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY...
CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...
MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...
PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...
CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...
DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...
TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...
COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...
NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...
QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND
503 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009 /403 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A LAKE
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING.
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER EASTERN TEXAS EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST
INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. THIS POWERFUL
STORM WILL GENERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA...
WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35
MPH OVER NORTH FLORIDA...WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS NEAR THE COAST.
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON
AREA LAKES TODAY...WHICH WILL BE FURTHER AMPLIFIED BY THE INCREASING
CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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