000 WGUS62 KTAE 071536 FFATAE FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1036 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... FLZ010>013-071645- /O.CAN.KTAE.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-080308T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY... CALLAWAY...LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN 936 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AND OBSERVED RAINFALL TOTALS WERE INSUFFICIENT TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. $$ FLZ014>019-026>029-034-GAZ125>131-143>148-155>161-080600- /O.CON.KTAE.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-080308T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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...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 1036 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /936 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/ ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS. IN FLORIDA...DIXIE... FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON... LIBERTY...MADISON...TAYLOR AND WAKULLA. IN GEORGIA...BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS...COLQUITT...COOK...DECATUR... DOUGHERTY...GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...LEE...LOWNDES...MILLER... MITCHELL...SEMINOLE...THOMAS...TIFT...TURNER AND WORTH. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA TODAY DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION. A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS. WHILE THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY...IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY. ANY RAIN THAT FALLS IN THE WATCH AREA COULD CAUSE FLOODING. FOR THIS REASON...THE WATCH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. * IT IS STILL 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. $$ 18-WOOL