FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
329 PM EST THU MAR 11 2010

...THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...

...DUE TO THE LACK OF RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT AND EARLIER TODAY
IN ADDITION TO A LOWER POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

.AS WAS GENERALLY EXPECTED...IT WAS A SOAKER ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE REGION MAINLY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY...AND IT WORKED
OUT THAT THE BULK OF THE RAIN CLEARLY FELL ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND AND PANHANDLE...WITH THE JACKPOT AREAS OF 2.5 INCHES TO 5.0
INCHES FALLING MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 20. BETWEEN
INTERSTATE 10 AND ROUTE 20...AMOUNTS OF 1.5 INCHES TO 2.5 INCHES
WERE THE RULE...WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ACROSS
MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION. WITH THE SATURATED GROUND
ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND A SIMILAR SCENARIO EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY...WILL GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE AND CANCEL THE WATCH TO THE NORTH OF THE
BORDER. IN THE WATCH AREA AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY
FALL DURING THIS NEXT PERIOD WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ONCE AGAIN
EXPECTED CLOSEST TO THE COASTLINE...ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A
GREATER POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
FLORIDA BIG BEND INSTEAD OF FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTY WHICH
OCCURRED TODAY. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WE EXPECT THE RAIN TO
GRADUALLY COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST WITH NO ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

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INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-
CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON...
BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA...
GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY...
LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...
PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY...
CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...
MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...
PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY
316 PM EST THU MAR 11 2010 /216 PM CST THU MAR 11 2010/

...THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BAY...
CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...
HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...
LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...TAYLOR...WAKULLA AND WASHINGTON.

* THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT

* AS WAS GENERALLY EXPECTED...IT WAS A SOAKER ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE REGION MAINLY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY...AND IT
WORKED OUT THAT THE BULK OF THE RAIN CLEARLY FELL ACROSS THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...WITH THE JACKPOT AREAS OF 2.5
INCHES TO 5.0 INCHES FALLING MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF STATE ROAD
20. BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND ROUTE 20...AMOUNTS OF 1.5 INCHES
TO 2.5 INCHES WERE THE RULE...WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5
INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION. WITH THE
SATURATED GROUND ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND A SIMILAR SCENARIO
EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...WILL GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THE
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE AND CANCEL
THE WATCH TO THE NORTH OF THE BORDER. IN THE WATCH AREA AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL DURING THIS NEXT
PERIOD WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED CLOSEST TO
THE COASTLINE...ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVIER RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND INSTEAD OF
FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTY WHICH OCCURRED TODAY. BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...WE EXPECT THE RAIN TO GRADUALLY COME TO AN END FROM
WEST TO EAST WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ON
FRIDAY NIGHT.

$$

17-GOULD