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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
330 AM EST FRI APR 1 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON (300
PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON)...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS EXTENDED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
AND NOW INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE EFFECTIVE UNTIL
400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON (300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON) 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.

IN NORTH FLORIDA...
BAY...CALHOUN...HOLMES...JACKSON...WALTON AND WASHINGTON.

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... 
OCHLOCKONEE...WITHLACOOCHEE AND LITTLE RIVER 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. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENING WATER LEVELS OCCUR.

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10-BOLINSKI