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Bottom Line:
Showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday afternoon through the overnight hours. The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted the Florida Panhandle, west Big Bend, Southeast Alabama, and Southwest Georgia in a Slight Risk for severe weather, with a Marginal Risk across South-central Georgia and the eastern Florida Big Bend. The main threat appears to be damaging wind gusts and a brief tornado or two.
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Overview:
A strong cold front will be making its way through the Gulf Coast states today and tonight accompanied by a line of showers and thunderstorms. Conditions will support strong to severe thunderstorm development with damaging wind gusts being the main threat. However, a couple of tornadoes cannot be ruled out as well. The approximate timing of the line of storms is shown below.
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The Weather Prediction Center has also highlighted most of the region in a Marginal (1/4) Risk for Excessive Rainfall. Widespread flooding is not expected with this system, but there could be some localized flooding in low-lying areas Friday into Saturday.