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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
326 AM EDT THU APR 7 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING (500
PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON)...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING(500 PM CDT THURSDAY
AFTERNOON) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.

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

IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
BAKER...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 CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL SLOWLY
SPREAD EASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. MANY LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN...WITH SOME AREAS POSSIBLY RECEIVING THREE TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS
THE WATCH AREA.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF FRESHWATER FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING
WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR HIGH TIDE TODAY 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 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.

$$

23-MCNATT