Weather Bulletin From National Weather Service Re:  Hazardous Weather

>From the National Weather Service:
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
457 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008

...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

 ...STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...  HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE THROUGH THURSDAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST... LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP JUST SOUTH OF MOBILE AND LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WITH THIS SYSTEM BEGINNING ACROSS THE  FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS MORNING AND SPREADING EAST THROUGH TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT.

STRONG STORMS WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREAT AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM THIS SYSTEM... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA.

STRONG ONSHORE FLOW TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL GENERATE LARGE SURF ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. REFER TO THE LATEST COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT FOR THE LATEST ON THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY.

AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE IS EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT.  

For more information, or to monitor current weather conditions, please see the National Weather Service web site at:  http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh/

Scott L. Nelson, FPEM
Wakulla County Emergency Management Director
Wakulla County Sheriff's Office
850-926-0861

This information originally published on December 10, 2008.

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