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WGUS62 KTAE 061040
FFATAE

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
640 AM EDT MON JUL 6 2009

...CORRECTED FOR SYNOPSIS...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM EDT (6 PM
CDT) THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

.DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...SEVERAL
ELONGATING STORM COMPLEXES DROPPED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN ACROSS
PORTIONS THE WATCH AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN
IN SOME SPOTS SINCE MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL UPSTREAM STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT
TODAY AND MERGE WITH STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF. THESE
CELL MERGERS WILL GENERATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS COULD
GENERATE WIDESPREAD FLOODING. THEREFORE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED.

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COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-
TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-
MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...
DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...
SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB...
COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON...
BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA...
GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY...
LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...
PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...
CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...
DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...
TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...
COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...DONALSONVILLE...
BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO
640 AM EDT MON JUL 6 2009 /540 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2009/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA AND GEORGIA...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
 COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...BAY...
 CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...
 JACKSON AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA...BAKER...BEN HILL...
 CALHOUN...CLAY...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...GRADY...IRWIN...
 LEE...MILLER...MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...
 TERRELL...TIFT...TURNER AND WORTH.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...SEVERAL
  ELONGATING STORM COMPLEXES DROPPED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN
  ACROSS PORTIONS THE WATCH AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 4 INCHES
  OF RAIN IN SOME SPOTS SINCE MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL UPSTREAM STORMS
  ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA SOUTHEASTWARD
  THROUGHOUT TODAY AND MERGE WITH STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE
  GULF. THESE CELL MERGERS WILL GENERATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS
  COULD GENERATE WIDESPREAD FLOODING. THEREFORE A FLASH FLOOD
  WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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