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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
323 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT (300 PM CDT) MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT (300 PM CDT) MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON.

IN NORTH FLORIDA...
BAY...CALHOUN...GULF...HOLMES...JACKSON...WALTON AND WASHINGTON.

HURRICANE KATRINA WILL APPROACH THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST LATER
TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. AS KATRINA APPROACHES...SPIRAL RAIN BANDS
WILL PASS OVER THE FLOOD WATCH AREA. SOME OF THESE RAIN BANDS MOVING
OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AT
THIS TIME...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL EXPECTED WILL BE TWO TO FOUR
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE
WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR
IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD
WARNING BE ISSUED.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF HURRICANE KATRINA.

$$

38-GODSEY