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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
330 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY (700 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 NORTH FLORIDA...
BAY...CALHOUN...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...
JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...
TAYLOR...WAKULLA...WALTON AND WASHINGTON.

A TROPICAL WAVE EXTENDED FROM THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NORTHEAST TO THE 
NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TUESDAY MORNING. THIS FEATURE WILL 
COMBINE WITH DEEP SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW TO PULL ABUNDANT MOISTURE 
INTO THE REGION FROM THE TROPICS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FROM 
TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THIS 
FLOW REGIME WILL MAKE IT EASY FOR SHOWERS TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME 
AREA OVER AND OVER AGAIN. RAINFALL RATES WILL BE HIGH TODAY AND 
LOCALIZED AREAS WILL SEE SOME FLOODING. BY WEDNESDAY...THE FLOOD 
THREAT WILL BE EVEN HIGHER. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 
INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OVER 6 
INCHES POSSIBLE.

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 TO MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD
WARNING BE ISSUED.

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18-WOOL