000 WGUS62 KTAE 312221 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 621 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEK... .DISCUSSION...HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY RE-DEVELOPED ACROSS AREAS THAT WERE SATURATED FROM HEAVY WEEKEND RAINS. FLZ019-028-029-034-012000- /O.EXB.KTAE.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-090403T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MADISON-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GREENVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY... MAYO...CROSS CITY 621 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...DIXIE...LAFAYETTE...MADISON...AND TAYLOR. * THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS LATE LAST WEEK PRODUCED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND. CURRENT PROJECTIONS CALL FOR WIDESPREAD 3 TO 5 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS WITH ISOLATED 6 TO 8 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. MANY AREA RIVERS ARE ALREADY ON THE RISE AND THE GROUND IS QUICKLY BECOMING SATURATED...SO THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING CONDITIONS. * 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. $$ ALZ065>069-FLZ007>018-026-027-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-012000- /O.EXT.KTAE.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-090403T0000Z/ /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 621 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009 /521 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL 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. * THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * 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 TONIGHT WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. CURRENT PROJECTIONS CALL FOR WIDESPREAD 3 TO 5 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS WITH ISOLATED 6 TO 8 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. MANY AREA RIVERS ARE ALREADY SWOLLEN AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED...SO THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING CONDITIONS. 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. $$ 17-GOULD