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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
400 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
EFFECTIVE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT 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.

LARGE AND POWERFUL HURRICANE DENNIS WHICH IS NOW EMERGING INTO THE
SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...WILL CONTINUE HEADING TOWARDS THE
NORTHWEST THROUGH SUNDAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL SOMEWHERE
ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD NUMEROUS BANDS
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION BEGINNING TODAY...AND
WILL LAST WELL INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 4 TO 8
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS OUR AREA WHEN
ALL IS SAID AND DONE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LIKELY TO THE WEST OF
THE APALACHICOLA RIVER AND THE ALABAMA-GEORGIA STATE LINE. ALL
INTERESTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST INFORMATION ON HURRICANE
DENNIS.

BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLOOD
WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENING WATER LEVELS OCCUR.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT FOR FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

$$

17-GOULD