FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 336 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...MULTIPLE DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF FLOODING... .AN UNUSUALLY DEEP MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WITH ITS AXIS EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...SOUTH TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS HAS SET UP DEEP LAYER SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. FAVORABLE LOW TO MID LEVEL FORCING IS FORECAST TO SET UP IN A WINDOW FROM APPROXIMATELY TALLAHASSEE...WEST TO PENSACOLA. IT IS IN THIS WINDOW WHERE THE GREATEST RISK FOR FLOODING EXISTS. RECENTLY...LOCATIONS NEAR THE WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...AND LEON COUNTY LINES RECEIVED ON AVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. THE RISK FOR FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ENHANCED ACROSS THIS REGION SHOULD HEAVY RAIN SET UP IN THERE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-032100- /O.CON.KTAE.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130705T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY- RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE... GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON... MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG... SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA... DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM... MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE... BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 336 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 /236 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2013/ ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE. * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM THE SOUTHEAST BIG BEND NORTHWEST TO RANDOLPH COUNTY GEORGIA. SOUTHWEST OF THIS LINE...5 TO 7 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. DEPENDING ON WHERE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN SET UP...UP TO DOUBLE THE ADVERTISED AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THOUGH THESE AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE VERY ISOLATED. * AREAS THAT WILL BE MOST PRONE TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE URBAN AREAS...LOCATIONS ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS...SPOTS NEAR PONDS AND OTHER LOW LYING LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. ...Sharon
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