000 WGUS62 KTAE 102032 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 332 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SURGES OF RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. WITH SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ALREADY HAVING OCCURRED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL CREATE A CONTINUED THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING IS ANTICIPATED TO REACH 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER A LARGE AREA WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>013-GAZ120>128-142>145-155-156-111200- /O.NEW.KTAE.FA.A.0004.081210T2032Z-081211T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL- SEMINOLE-DECATUR- 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...GEORGETOWN... FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON... LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER... ASHBURN...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA... PELHAM...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE 332 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 /232 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * 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...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA...BAKER... CALHOUN...CLAY...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...LEE...MILLER... MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...TERRELL...TURNER AND WORTH. * THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * CONTINUED SURGES OF RAINFALL AND EMBEDDED HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE TO CROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ARE ANTICIPATED TO REACH 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 8 AND 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES TO MANY LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO 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. $$ MROCZKA/WOOL