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WGUS62 KTAE 290527
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ALZ065>069-FLZ007>014-292000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
111 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3 PM CDT TODAY 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 IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTH
CENTRAL GULF COAST THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN CORE OF WIND AND
RAIN WILL LIKELY REMAIN WEST OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...PORTIONS OF THIS AREA MAY STILL
GET PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AS SOME OF THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
KATRINA DEVELOP. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TODAY THROUGH
TUESDAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING...BUT LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WHEN HEAVY RAIN BANDS
SET UP OVER A PARTICULAR AREA IN A FAIRLY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

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 MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE
ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD WARNING BE
ISSUED. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. 

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FOURNIER