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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
815 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-280130-
ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-
CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-
COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)-
GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM-
ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE-
815 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006

..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS IN NORTH FLORIDA
GENERALLY WEST OF US 301 AS WELL AS CLINCH AND ECHOLS COUNTIES
OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH 1 AM EDT...

AT 815 PM EDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A SQUALL LINE EXTENDED FROM
EAST OF JESUP THROUGH NAHUNTA...FARGO...LIVE OAK AND DOWLING PARK
AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS SQUALL LINE SHOULD APPROACH
THE BRUNSWICK...ST MARYS...FOLKSTON...MACCLENNY...LAKE BUTLER...HIGH
SPRINGS AND BELL AREAS THROUGH 9 PM AND FERNANDINA BEACH...
JACKSONVILLE...ORANGE PARK...MIDDLEBURG...STARKE...GAINESVILLE...
AND TRENTON BY 10 PM.

OVER ECHOLS AND CLINCH COUNTIES AS WELL AS AREAS OF NORTH FLORIDA
WEST OF US 301 WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...HAIL TO 1 INCH AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SQUALL LINE.
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LAST AROUND THREE HOURS IN ANY LOCATION
WITH GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY.

RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND LEAVE NOAA WEATHER RADIOS IN ALERT MODE THROUGH THE
NIGHT.

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...REMEMBER TO SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
AWAY FROM WINDOWS IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR LOCAL
MEDIA AND VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

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SANDRIK

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