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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
300 PM EDT TUE MAY 31 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON (300 PM CDT)...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON(300 PM 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 THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...
BAY...CALHOUN...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...
JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...
TAYLOR...WAKULLA...WALTON AND WASHINGTON.

A DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN GULF
OF MEXICO WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH AREAS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF IT AND MOVING OVER
THE REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
WITH STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL
MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS...WITH MINOR FLOODING
OF AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS POSSIBLE AS WELL. ONCE THIS LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVES NORTH OF THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE THREAT OF
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT FOR FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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17-GOULD