000 WGUS62 KTAE 211657 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1257 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG BEND... .SUBROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE COAST. WITH SOIL CONDITIONS BECOMING WETTER...HEAVIER INTENSE RAINBANDS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE RAPID LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS AND FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS...PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS OVERNIGHT. FLZ008-012-014-015-221800- /O.CAN.KTAE.FA.A.0001.070922T1800Z-070923T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FA.A.0002.070921T1800Z-070922T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INWOOD...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY... LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...WHITE CITY...PORT ST. JOE... WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE 1257 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007 /1157 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BAY...COASTAL WALTON...FRANKLIN AND GULF. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...AND MANY TROPICAL STORM RELATED DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED WHEN MOTORISTS TRIED TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND WERE SWEPT AWAY. THIS HAPPENED IN 2001 IN TALLAHASSEE NEAR FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY...WHEN THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON CAUSED FLOODING RAINS. * A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. 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. $$ FLZ010-221800- /O.NEW.KTAE.FA.A.0002.070921T1800Z-070922T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS 1157 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...WASHINGTON. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...AND MANY TROPICAL STORM RELATED DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED WHEN MOTORISTS TRIED TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND WERE SWEPT AWAY. THIS HAPPENED IN 2001 IN TALLAHASSEE NEAR FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY...WHEN THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON CAUSED FLOODING RAINS. * A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$