ABC 33/40 EWARN: FFATLH

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WGUS62 KTAE 042000
FFATLH
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-052100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
400 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004

...A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FROM SUNDAY TO TUESDAY...

HURRICANE FRANCES IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY
AND THEN MOVE NORTHWEST OVER THE APALACHEE BAY...AND THEN INLAND
OVER NORTH FLORIDA TO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD BEGIN ON SUNDAY AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE
LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH EFFECTIVE SUNDAY TO TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.

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

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

INTERESTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE THE TIME TO PROTECT LIFE
AND SECURE PROPERTY NOW BEFORE THE ONSET OF HEAVY RAINS.

GENERAL OVERALL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE RAINFALL TOTALS ARE
DEPENDANT UPON THE EXACT TRACK AND FORWARD SPEED OF THE STORM AS IT
MOVES OVER THE AREA. IF THE STORM WERE TO SLOW SIGNIFICANTLY OR EVEN
STALL OVER THE AREA...RAINFALL TOTALS COULD BE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER.

FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS VERY LIKELY. STREET AND LOW LYING
AREAS IN TOWNS AND CITIES WILL BE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.
THOSE AREAS ALONG THE COAST OF NORTH FLORIDA WILL BE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDES. MOST AREA RIVERS ARE
RELATIVELY LOW RIGHT NOW...HOWEVER...IF THE HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS
ARE REALIZED IT IS LIKELY THAT SOME WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS
AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS AND COASTAL
LOCATIONS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MONITOR THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO. BE READY TO
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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