FLUS42 KJAX 142045 HWOJAX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 445 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-150430- 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- 445 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 142 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH MIDNIGHT... ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...WINDY WITH DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS REST OF THIS AFTERNOON... .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO PRECEDE A COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE SQUALL LINE WITH THE MAIN CONCERNS DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. INDIVIDUAL STORM MOTION WILL BE FAST...TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH. .WIND IMPACT... SOUTH WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL LEAD TO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... A SQUALL LINE WILL PUSH INTO THE COASTAL WATERS TOWARDS MORNING AND GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE EXPECTED IN STRONGER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LINGERING DRY AIR OVER THE FORECAST AREA REST OF THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY... .WIND IMPACT.... WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY SUNDAY WITH SUSTAINED WEST WINDS NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SUNDAY AS WELL AS GALE WARNINGS OVER THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THE HIGH FIRE DANGER ON SUNDAY. DRY AIR PUSHING INTO THE FORECAST AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL KEEP FIRE DANGER HIGH ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE FORECAST AREA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. $$ HESS/ZIBURA