000 WGUS62 KTAE 121044 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 644 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... .TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH ALBERTO WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA AND THE BIG BEND LATER TODAY. FLZ014>019-026>029-034-122100- /O.NEW.KTAE.FA.A.0001.060612T1044Z-060613T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA- TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT ST. JOE...APALACHICOLA...QUINCY... TALLAHASSEE...MONTICELLO...MADISON...BRISTOL...CRAWFORDVILLE... PERRY...MAYO...CROSS CITY 544 AM CDT MON JUN 12 2006 /644 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...DIXIE...FRANKLIN... GADSDEN...GULF...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY... MADISON...TAYLOR AND WAKULLA. * THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE BIG BEND...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...AND MANY TROPICAL STORM RELATED DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED WHEN MOTORISTS TRIED TO CROSS STANDING WATER AND GOT SWEPT AWAY. THIS HAPPENED IN 2001 IN TALLAHASSEE NEAR FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY...WHEN THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON CAUSED FLOODING RAINS. $$ FOURNIER