FLOOD WATCH Warning Issue Date: 800 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2008
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND FLORIDA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...BAY... CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON... JACKSON AND WASHINGTON. * FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * TROPICAL STORM FAY IS FORECAST TO COME ASHORE ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT...THIS TIME INTO NORTHEAST FLORIDA. FAY WILL THEN TRACK WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA ON THURSDAY AND WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION JUST BEFORE REACHING THE LOWER SUWANNEE RIVER THURSDAY NIGHT. THE DEPRESSION WILL THEN TRACK ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND ON FRIDAY AND THEN ACROSS THE PANHANDLE INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA BY SATURDAY MORNING. * FAY IS EXPECTED TO BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL COULD REACH 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST TO BE LOWER OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA WHERE 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS MUCH RAINFALL WILL CAUSE AREAL AND RIVERINE FLOODING DESPITE THE PROLONGED DROUGHT THAT HAS EXISTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA FOR SOME TIME. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD 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. $$ 18-WOOL
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