000 WGUS62 KTAE 080759 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 359 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY AND THEN CROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL TAP INTO ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW LOCATIONS MAY SEE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CREATING A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. GAZ120>127-090000- /O.EXA.KTAE.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-081009T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT... SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON... ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER 359 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...WORTH. IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... CALHOUN...CLAY...DOUGHERTY...LEE...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH AND TERRELL. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. WHILE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WOULD NOT PRESENT MUCH OF A PROBLEM...THE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP OVER 3 INCHES OCCURRING IN A MORE POPULATED CENTER COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ ALZ065>069-FLZ007>018-026-027-GAZ142>146-155>159-090000- /O.CON.KTAE.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-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 359 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2008 /259 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2008/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 THIS EVENING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. WHILE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WOULD NOT PRESENT MUCH OF A PROBLEM...ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 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. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ 14-MROCZKA