Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECT MARINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
900 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2001

PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTION WITH THE DEVELOPING SFC LOW IS QUITE A BIT
FURTHER EAST AT THIS TIME THAN WAS EXPECTED YESTERDAY...WITH ONE
FAIRLY STRONG STORM ALREADY MOVING INTO OKALOOSA AND WALTON
COUNTIES. THE BACK EDGE OF THE SQUALL LINE IS ALREADY AT THE MS/AL
BORDER AND IS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS TO THE EAST. CURRENT ZONES LOOK
IN GOOD SHAPE...WILL MAKE MINOR TWEAKS TO REMOVE MORNING/AFTERNOON
WORDING. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...SCA CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO THE
WEST...AND SHOULD RAPIDLY REACH SCA CONDITIONS TO THE EAST IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...SO WILL GO AHEAD AND UPGRADE THE SCEC.

.TLH...
AL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 AM CST.
GA...NONE.
FL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALL PANHANDLE ZONES EXCEPT GULF
     AND CALHOUN UNTIL 11 AM CST.
     SCA ALL LEGS.

GOULD

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
600 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2001

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND TODAY.
THIS DOES INCLUDE THE CITIES OF TALLAHASSEE AND PANAMA CITY IN
NORTH FLORIDA...DOTHAN ALABAMA...ALBANY AND VALDOSTA GEORGIA.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA
LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...SCATTERED
TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. A SLIGHT RISK OF
SOME SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...EVENING...
AND TO MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT OF ANY SEVERE STORM APPEARS TO BE
DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES IS LOW. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE
AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER TODAY FOR LATER FORECASTS AND
UPDATES.  SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY.

OTHERWISE...SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE SEEN THIS MORNING OVER MANY
LOCATIONS AND MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING INTO
AREAS WITH DENSE FOG.

ALSO...STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT...AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM
DESTIN TO APALACHICOLA. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
EAST OF APALACHICOLA TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER. AN ADVISORY MAY BE
REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TODAY AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT.

TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATIXON FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...SEE OUR TALLAHASSEE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH OR
TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

MCT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
645 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND PARTS OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CST (1200 PM EST)
THIS DOES INCLUDE THE CITIES OF PANAMA CITY IN NORTH FLORIDA
AND DOTHAN IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN ALABAMA...COFFEE...GENEVA...DALE...HENRY...AND HOUSTON.
IN FLORIDA...WALTON...WASHINGTON...BAY...JACKSON...AND HOLMES
AND THE COASTAL WATERS OFF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT TO THE WEST WILL DEVELOP
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT
OF ANY SEVERE STORM APPEARS TO BE DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT FOR
TORNADOES IS LOW. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER TODAY FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE STORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...SEE OUR
TALLAHASSEE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH OR TU^NE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO.

MCT