000 WGUS62 KTAE 071941 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 341 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL TAP INTO ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CREATE A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>018-026-027-GAZ142>146-155>159-090000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.A.0003.081007T2000Z-081009T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT- SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB... COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON... BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA... GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY... LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY... PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO... SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...DONALSONVILLE... BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN 341 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2008 /241 PM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA AND GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...BAY...CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...FRANKLIN... GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON... JEFFERSON...LEON...LIBERTY...WAKULLA AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA...BAKER...BROOKS...COLQUITT...DECATUR...EARLY... GRADY...MILLER...MITCHELL...SEMINOLE AND THOMAS. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD SLOWLY EASTWARD WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. WHILE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WOULD NOT PRESENT MUCH OF A PROBLEM...4 TO 6 INCHES IN A CITY LIKE TALLAHASSEE OR PANAMA CITY COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ FOURNIER