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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
500 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

FLZ021-022-030-021030-
COLUMBIA-SUWANNEE-UNION-
500 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UNION...SOUTHERN 
SUWANNEE AND SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL 
HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 530 AM EST...

AT 500 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 12 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA...OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND COLUMBIA...
LULU...LAKE BUTLER AND JOHNSTOWN THROUGH 530 AM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE
HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. IF FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OCCURS
A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594.

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