000 WGUS62 KTAE 301229 FFATAE ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-302000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 827 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 ...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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. THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND MOVE RAPILY NORTHEAST THROUGH KENTUCKY. FEEDER BANDS STILL EXTEND FROM THE CENTER SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. DAYTIME HEATING WILL LIKELY ENHANCE THE RAINFALL POTENTIAL FROM THESE FEEDERBANDS ACROSS THE AREA. AS THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE KATRINA MOVE NORTHEAST THERE IS AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR FEEDERBAND ACTIVITY TO BECOME STATIONARY ALLOWING FOR NARROW AREAS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO OCCUR. LOCAL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES COULD OCCUR IN AREAS ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND EXTREME WESTERN GEORGIA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 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-LANIER $$