000 WGUS62 KTAE 070307 AAA FFATAE FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1007 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 UPDATED RIVER FLOOD POTENTIAL. ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... FLZ010>019-026>029-034-GAZ125>131-143>148-155>161-072200- /O.CON.KTAE.FA.A.0002.080307T0600Z-080308T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-MILLER-BAKER- MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS- BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY... ST. MARKS...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...ALBANY... LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON... FITZGERALD...OCILLA...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM... MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE... BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 1007 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 /907 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008/ ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF FLORIDA AND GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN FLORIDA...BAY...CALHOUN...DIXIE...FRANKLIN... GADSDEN...GULF...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON... LIBERTY...MADISON...TAYLOR...WAKULLA AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA...BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS...COLQUITT... COOK...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...LEE... LOWNDES...MILLER...MITCHELL...SEMINOLE...THOMAS...TIFT... TURNER AND WORTH. * FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT * A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PULL A WARM FRONT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA EARLY ON FRIDAY. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF THIS FRONT OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL THEN PUSH NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE MORNING AND MIDDAY HOURS. THE EASTERN BIG BEND AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL BE THE FOCUS AREA DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP RAIN EAST OF THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. * WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. IF THESE RAINFALL TOTALS ARE REALIZED...SOME FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS ROAD INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AREA RIVERS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA ARE STILL RUNNING NEAR BANK FULL FROM THE HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL IN LATE FEBRUARY. IT IS THEREFORE ANTICIPATED THAT RIVERINE FLOODING WILL OCCUR OVER THE WEEKEND. MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...THE CHIPOLA...APALACHICOLA...OCHLOCKONEE...SAINT MARKS...SOPCHOPPY...AUCILLA AND WITHLACOOCHEE. MORE SPECIFICALLY...THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER...WHERE FORECAST STAGES AT THOMASVILLE COULD REACH 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...HAVANA COULD REACH LEVELS 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND BLOXHAM MAY ATTAIN HEIGHTS OF 2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ABOVE THAT CURRENTLY FORECAST COULD PUSH THESE STAGES EVEN HIGHER...SO ALL INTERESTS ALONG THE OCHLOCKONEE SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STAGE INFORMATION. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT RAINFALL 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. $$ WOOL/GOULD