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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
400 AM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT MONDAY MORNING
(1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING)...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT MONDAY MORNING (1100 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING) 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.

POWERFUL HURRICANE DENNIS IS MOVING NORTHWEST THROUGH THE
EAST-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO AND IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL BETWEEN
MOBILE ALABAMA AND PENSACOLA FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON.  THIS SYSTEM
WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NUMEROUS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4
TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS OUR
AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LIKELY TO BE WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA
RIVER AND THE ALABAMA-GEORGIA STATE LINE. 

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.

$$

23-MCNATT