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WGUS62 KTAE 051943
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ALZ065>069-FLZ007>014-062000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
400 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON (300 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (300 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.

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

IN NORTH FLORIDA...
BAY...CALHOUN...GULF...HOLMES...JACKSON...WALTON AND WASHINGTON.

TROPICAL STORM CINDY IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL
GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LATEST FORECAST HAS THE CENTER OF THE STORM
MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COAST. A
SIGNIFICANT AREA OF PRECIPITATION ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE STORM
HOWEVER WILL BEGIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND
EVENTUALLY SOUTHEAST ALABAMA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES ONSHORE AND THEN TAKES A TURN TO THE
NORTHEAST. RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE ABOVE AREA DURING THIS TIME WILL
MOST LIKELY AVERAGE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES ALTHOUGH THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY THAT CONVECTIVE BANDS FROM THE STORM MAY PRODUCE HEAVIER
RAINFALL IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO THREE
TO FOUR 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 FOR
IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD
WARNING BE ISSUED.

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23-MCNATT