000 WGUS62 KTAE 110326 FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1026 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... .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 AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WILL CREATE A CONTINUED THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING IS ANTICIPATED TO REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER A LARGE AREA WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALBANY TO TALLAHASSEE. EAST OF THIS LINE...STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS AROUND 3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. FLZ014>019-026>029-034-GAZ129>131-146>148-157>161-111200- /O.EXB.KTAE.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-081211T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA- TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITE CITY...PORT ST. JOE... WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO... MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS... PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...TIFTON...FITZGERALD... OCILLA...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...CAIRO... THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 1026 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 /926 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS EXPANDED THE * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF FLORIDA AND GEORGIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN FLORIDA...DIXIE... FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON... LIBERTY...MADISON...TAYLOR AND WAKULLA. IN GEORGIA...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS...COLQUITT...COOK...GRADY...IRWIN... LANIER...LOWNDES...THOMAS AND TIFT. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD WITH TIME TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS TRAINING OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 6 INCHES...ESPECIALLY WEST OF MONTICELLO TO TIFTON LINE. IN THE DAYS AHEAD...THIS WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RIVER FLOODING. 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. $$ ALZ065>069-FLZ007>013-GAZ120>128-142>145-155-156-111200- /O.CON.KTAE.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-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 1026 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 /926 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008/ ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY... THE 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...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA...BAKER...CALHOUN...CLAY... DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...LEE...MILLER...MITCHELL... QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...TERRELL...TURNER AND WORTH. * UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY * 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 6 TO 8 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. $$ GODSEY/MROCZKA