000 WGUS62 KTAE 222014 FFATAE FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 414 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT DUE TO EXPECTED RAINS FROM FAY... FLZ015>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-240000- /O.CON.KTAE.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-080824T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR- LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-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...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO... MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS... PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...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 414 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF FLORIDA AND GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN FLORIDA...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...JEFFERSON... LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...TAYLOR AND WAKULLA. 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. * THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * TROPICAL STORM FAY IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE AND EVENTUALLY INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA OVER THE WEEKEND. * FAY IS EXPECTED TO BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL COULD REACH 4 T0 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. THIS MUCH RAINFALL CAN CAUSE AREAL AND RIVERINE FLOODING DESPITE THE PROLONGED DROUGHT THAT HAS EXISTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA FOR SOME TIME. 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. $$ ALZ065>069-FLZ007>014-240000- /O.CON.KTAE.FA.A.0003.080823T0000Z-080825T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB... COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON... BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA... GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY... LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY... PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA 314 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...COFFEE...DALE... GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...BAY...CALHOUN... COASTAL WALTON...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON AND WASHINGTON. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * TROPICAL STORM FAY IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE AND EVENTUALLY INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA OVER THE WEEKEND. * FAY IS EXPECTED TO BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL COULD REACH 4 T0 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. THOUGH FLOWS ON MAINSTEM RIVERS ARE RELATIVELY LOW...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE RESPONSIVE TO RAPID LOCALIZED FLOODING DURING HEAVY RAINFALL. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ LANIER