000 WGUS62 KTAE 301951 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 351 PM EDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT IS DEVELOPING THIS WEEK... .HEAVY RAIN IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS AREAS ALREADY SATURATED FROM HEAVY WEEKEND RAINS. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>018-026-027-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-310900- /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.A.0001.090331T1800Z-090402T1200Z/ /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 351 PM EDT MON MAR 30 2009 /251 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH 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...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES... JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LEON...LIBERTY...WAKULLA...WALTON 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS LATE LAST WEEK PRODUCED RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF FIVE INCHES AND AS HIGH AS ELEVEN INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY BEYOND. CURRENT PROJECTIONS CALL FOR 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER A LARGE AREA THAT INCLUDES MANY OF THE LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FROM THE PREVIOUS STORMS. MANY AREA RIVERS ARE ALREADY SWOLLEN AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED. * IT IS THEREFORE ANTICIPATED THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WOULD PRODUCE SUFFICIENT RUNOFF TO CREATE A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD THREAT...IN ADDITION TO EXACERBATING THE ONGOING RIVERINE FLOODING. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ 18-WOOL