000 WGUS62 KTAE 131746 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 146 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... .TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS MADISON COUNTY FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH ALBERTO MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. FLZ014>017-026-027-GAZ156-157-131900- /O.CAN.KTAE.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-060613T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-DECATUR-GRADY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT ST. JOE...APALACHICOLA...QUINCY... TALLAHASSEE...BRISTOL...CRAWFORDVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO 1246 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2006 /146 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006/ ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ FLZ018-019-028-029-034-GAZ146>148-158>161-140000- /O.EXT.KTAE.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-060614T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON-MADISON-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN- THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MADISON...PERRY...MAYO... CROSS CITY...MOULTRIE...ADEL...NASHVILLE...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 146 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...DIXIE... JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...MADISON AND TAYLOR IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...BERRIEN...BROOKS...COLQUITT...COOK...LANIER... LOWNDES AND THOMAS. * UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TUESDAY WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING WITHIN THE NEXT 6 HOURS. FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...AND MANY TROPICAL STORM RELATED DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED WHEN MOTORISTS TRIED TO CROSS STANDING WATER AND GOT SWEPT AWAY. THIS HAPPENED IN 2001 IN TALLAHASSEE NEAR FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY...WHEN THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON CAUSED FLOODING RAINS. * YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ 18-WOOL