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...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH 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...FRANKLIN...
GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...
JEFFERSON...LEON...LIBERTY...WAKULLA AND WASHINGTON. IN
GEORGIA...BAKER...CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...DECATUR...
DOUGHERTY...EARLY...GRADY...LEE...MILLER...MITCHELL...
QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...TERRELL...THOMAS AND WORTH.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

* HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT
AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A STRONG AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE HEAVIEST ALONG AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM ALBANY TO TALLAHASSEE. IN THESE LOCATIONS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...STORM
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. FURTHER WEST...LESSER
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND.

* AS SOME OF THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLASH FLOODING IN
URBANIZED OR POORLY DRAINING AREAS ON WEDNESDAY AS A SQUALL LINE
MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WHICH
COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF URBANIZED OR LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AN AREA THAT IS FLOODED. THE DEPTH OF THE
WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO PASS SAFELY.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DON T DROWN.

MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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