Its headed for me in the early hours of the morning tonight.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
535 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2003
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...A MODERATE AND SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH A
SQUALL LINE DEFINING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT. CONDITIONS WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR SOME STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS AND THE THE
POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS AS THE SQUALL
LINE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
ISOLATED PRE-FRONTAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
AFTER MIDNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT WILL FIRST AFFECT
AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 441 WHERE A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS. A
SLIGHT RISK OF STORMS EXISTS FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCALA TO SAINT
AUGUSTINE AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES EASTWARD DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 40 TO 50
KTS.
IN THE EVENT WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...LOCAL RESIDENTS MAY WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEIR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO IS WORKING PROPERLY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
...A MODERATE AND SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY...
THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY...
EXITING MOST OF THE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. THE GREATEST CONCERNS ARE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND THE POSSIBILITY OF
TORNADOES. SMALL TO MODERATE SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALSO EXPECTED.
ONCE THE COLD FRONT CLEARS THE AREA...A MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS WILL
BUILD INTO THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...SPOTTER NETWORKS...AND OTHER INTERESTS ARE
REQUESTED TO STAY INFORMED OF THE EVOLVING WEATHER SITUATION.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT
http://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.
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