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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1030 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING (930
AM CST)...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING (930 AM CST FRIDAY
MORNING) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.

IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON.

IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL 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.

RECENT RAINFALL HAS SATURATED THE GROUND OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. 
CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD LEVELS IN MANY
RIVER BASINS INCLUDING THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE...PEA...FLINT...AND
OCHLOCKONEE BASINS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SMALLER
CREEKS AND STREAMS SUCH AS KINCHAFOONEE...MUCKALEE...SPRING...
ICHAWAYNOCHAWAY CREEKS AND OTHER SMALLER CREEKS WILL BE SENSITIVE TO
QUICK RISES WITH ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE
WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR
IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD
WARNING BE ISSUED.

BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLOOD
WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF
THREATENING WATER LEVELS OCCUR.


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52-LANIER