000 WGUS62 KTAE 212258 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 558 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .A PREFRONTAL BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED A BAND OF 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL FROM PANAMA CITY FLORIDA NORTHEAST TO AROUND BAINBRIDGE GEORGIA SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS NORTH OF A WARM FRONT HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND AS WELL AS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. WHILE THE RAINS WILL LIFT NORTHWARD TONIGHT WITH THE WARM FRONT...ANOTHER BAND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LINE UP OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER COUPLE INCHES OF RAIN. THE COMBINATION OF PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE RAINFALL WILL INCREASE FLOOD POTENTIAL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>018-026-027-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-231200- /O.NEW.KTAE.FA.A.0001.080221T2258Z-080223T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY- LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL- COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS- LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB... COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON... BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA... GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY... LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY... PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO... SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES... CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY... DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN... TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 558 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008 /458 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...BAY...CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...FRANKLIN... GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON... JEFFERSON...LEON...LIBERTY...WAKULLA AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA...BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS...CALHOUN... CLAY...COLQUITT...COOK...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...GRADY... IRWIN...LANIER...LEE...LOWNDES...MILLER...MITCHELL...QUITMAN... RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...TERRELL...THOMAS...TIFT...TURNER AND WORTH. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * A PREFRONTAL BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED A BAND OF 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL FROM PANAMA CITY FLORIDA NORTHEAST TO AROUND BAINBRIDGE GEORGIA SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS NORTH OF A WARM FRONT HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND AS WELL AS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. WHILE THE RAINS WILL LIFT NORTHWARD TONIGHT WITH THE WARM FRONT...ANOTHER BAND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LINE UP OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER COUPLE INCHES OF RAIN. THE COMBINATION OF PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE RAINFALL WILL INCREASE FLOOD POTENTIAL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ 18-WOOL