000 WGUS62 KTAE 161047 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 647 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT PRIOR TO MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THREE TO FIVE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. FLZ007>017-026-027-171200- /O.NEW.KTAE.FA.A.0002.090816T1800Z-090817T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY- CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...SWEETWATER... SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS 647 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009 /547 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BAY...CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN... GULF...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...LEON...LIBERTY... WAKULLA AND WASHINGTON. * FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT PRIOR TO MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THREE TO FIVE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ JAMSKI