000 WGUS62 KTAE 260800 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 400 AM EDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .A COMPLEX FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE AND AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY...CAUSING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN BEGINNING TODAY. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>018-026-027-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-270000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FA.A.0001.090326T1200Z-090327T1200Z/ /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 400 AM EDT THU MAR 26 2009 /300 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA AND 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. * FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...BUT ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHERE AND IF HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE SAME LOCATIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE COUNTING TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT A FEW LOCATIONS COULD GET BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES DURING THIS TIME. * THE PRIMARY IMPACT WILL BE TO URBAN AREAS...LOW LYING ROADS...SMALL CREEKS...AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HOWEVER...QUICK RISES IN LOCAL RIVERS COULD OCCUR IF THE HEAVY RAINFALL MATERIALIZES AND IS WIDESPREAD ENOUGH. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. PLEASE 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. $$ FOURNIER