000 WGUS62 KTAE 121910 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 310 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FOR THE WESTERN BIG BEND... ALZ065>069-FLZ007>018-026-027-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-131800- /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.A.0001.080813T0000Z-080813T1800Z/ /00000.0.OT.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY- LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL- COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS- LOWNDES-LANIER- 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...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO... SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES... CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY... DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN... TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 310 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2008 /210 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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...FRANKLIN... GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON... JEFFERSON...LEON...LIBERTY...WAKULLA AND WASHINGTON. IN 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. * FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON .A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE GULF STATES DRAGGING A COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THIS SAME AREA. THE COMBINATION OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD PRODUCE FLOODING IN SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCALLY 4 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. AN AREA OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE THE COASTAL URBAN AREAS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. FOR THIS REASON A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * 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. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ BLOCK