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Saturday, June 26, 2004

ABC 33/40 EWARN: FFATLH

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WGUS62 KTAE 261946
FFATLH
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-270400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
341 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004

...A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
SUNDAY MORNING (1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE EASTERN
FLORIDA PANHNADLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
FOR FLASH FLOODING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY MORNING (1100
PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.

IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON.

IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS...CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...
COOK...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...LEE...
LOWNDES...MILLER...MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...
TERRELL...THOMAS...TIFT...TURNER AND WORTH.

IN NORTH FLORIDA...
BAY...CALHOUN...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...
JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...
TAYLOR...WAKULLA...WALTON AND WASHINGTON.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
OVER THE AREA. RECENT RAINS HAVE MADE MUCH OF THE GROUND SATURATED
AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL RAIN...SOME FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED.
RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLOODING.

BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLASH
FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENING WATER LEVELS OCCUR.

A FLASH FLOOD THREAT EXISTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE INDICATED
AREAS. THIS INCLUDES HEADWATER AREAS OF SMALL TRIBUTARY RIVERS
UPSTREAM OF THE FIRST FORECAST POINT. URBAN FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE
IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD
MONITOR WATER LEVELS FREQUENTLY IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. BE READY TO
LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS ROADWAYS.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE
PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR
OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.

$$

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