FLOOD WATCH in effect until 515 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010 Warning issued: 602 AM EST WED MAR 10 2010

 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH 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...BEN
HILL...BERRIEN...CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...COOK...DECATUR...
DOUGHERTY...EARLY...GRADY...IRWIN...LEE...MILLER...MITCHELL...
QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...TERRELL...TIFT...TURNER AND
WORTH.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL SLIDE EAST ALONG THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST OF
THESE SYSTEMS WILL DEVELOP A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE WATCH AREA FROM THIS
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE RAIN IS LIKELY TO BE
LOCALLY HEAVY.

* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND 2 INCHES ARE FORECAST.
HOWEVER...LOCALLY HIGHER BANDS OF ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED WITH TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS. THIS
RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ALSO
RESULT IN RISES ON LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS.

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.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK in effect until 500 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010 Warning issued: 601 AM EST WED MAR 10 2010

 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A SCATTERING OF SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS TO MAINLY THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE....SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA TODAY. THE BULK OF THIS ACTIVITY IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTH OF THE REGION FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

THE NEXT SYSTEM IN LINE WILL BE STRONGER AS IT MOVES ALONG THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. A LARGE AREA OF
RAINFALL AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN FORECAST TO DEVELOP INTO
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA DURING THE EVENING
HOURS AND THEN EXPAND EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. THE RAINFALL WITH THIS
SYSTEM THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING LOOKS TO BE LOCALLY HEAVY WITH A
WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. LOCALLY HIGHER BANDS OF
RAINFALL ACCUMULATION UP TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LOCAL RIVERS
AND STREAM MAY ALSO SEE RISES FROM THIS RAINFALL INTO THURSDA
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A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT MAY BE ON THE STRONG TO
POTENTIALLY SEVERE SIDE. DETAILS ON THE EXTEND AND LOCATION OF
ANY SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BECOME MORE CLEAR TODAY.

WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE TO CAUTIONARY LEVELS AND POTENTIALLY
REACH LOW END ADVISORY LEVELS OVERNIGHT. THE ONSHORE FLOW AND
DEVELOPING SURF WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG
THE BEACHES OF THE WESTERN BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN TAPER FROM WEST TO EAST THE SECOND HALF
OF THE DAY. DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF THE RAINFALL...LOCAL RIVER
MAY CONTINUE TO RISE INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

YET ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE
EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. HIGHEST
RAIN CHANCES WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF
OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY THE COASTAL WATERS AND INTO THE EASTERN
BIG BEND ZONES.

DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS ARE ON TAP FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND
AND EARLY PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. DESPITE THE COOLER CONDITIONS...WE
ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.

 					

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