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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
350 AM EDT WED APR 6 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING (500
AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING) FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA
AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A COUPLE INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN OVER
A LARGE PART OF THE WATCH AREA. BECAUSE THE SOIL IS WET AND RIVERS
REMAIN SWOLLEN FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...EVEN A COUPLE ADDITIONAL INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION COULD AGGRAVATE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE
VICINITY OF RIVERS ALREADY IN FLOOD.  

THE FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY 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.

IN NORTH FLORIDA...
BAY...CALHOUN...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...
JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...
TAYLOR...WAKULLA...WALTON AND WASHINGTON.

THE BEST CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...WHERE LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 3
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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.

$$

48-TURNAGE