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

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
(500 AM CDT)...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING (500 AM CDT) 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.

.SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA TONIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY.
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...MANY LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE ONE TO TWO
INCHES OF RAIN. LATER TOMORROW...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD INCREASE
STORM TOTALS TO AS MUCH AS THREE TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF FRESHWATER FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING
WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR HIGH TIDE TOMORROW ALONG TAYLOR AND DIXIE
COUNTIES IN NORTH FLORIDA. AT THIS TIME...RISES OF ONE TO TWO FEET
ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TIDE CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL
AREAS. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...RIVERS AND
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. REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO A FLOODED
AREA. TURN AROUND! DON'T DROWN!

$$

GODSEY/BARRY