000 WGUS62 KTAE 292022 FFATAE ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-301415- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 411 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON (300 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON) FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE BIG BEND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON(300 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL 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. IN NORTH FLORIDA... BAY...CALHOUN...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES... JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON... TAYLOR...WAKULLA...WALTON AND WASHINGTON. HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTHWARD INTO MISSISSIPPI. HOWEVER FEEDER BAND EXTEND FROM THE CENTER SOUTHWARD WELL INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO AND WILL THUS IMPACT THE LOCAL AREA INTO TUESDAY. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AS FEEDER BANDS SPREAD EASTWARD. HIGHER AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN LOCALIZED AREAS ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND EXTREME WESTERN GEORGIA DUE TO REPETITIVE RAINFALL FROM FEEDER BANDS MOVING IN FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WOULD INDUCE LOCALIZED AND RAPID FLASH FLOODING ON SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS IF HEAVY RAIN BANDS SET UP OVER A PARTICULAR LOCATION. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. 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. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. 24-BLOCK $$