FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 810 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST (9 PM
CST) THIS EVENING UNTIL 1 AM EST (MIDNIGHT CST) THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND...
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>018-026-027-GAZ120>127-142>146-155>158-021100-
/O.CON.KTAE.FF.A.0003.091202T0300Z-091203T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-
LEE-WORTH-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-
GRADY-THOMAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...
DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...
SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB...
COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...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...
SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...
CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...
DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...
DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...
MOULTRIE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE
910 AM EST TUE DEC 1 2009 /810 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2009/
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 WEST OF A LINE FROM
ALBANY TO TALLAHASSEE AND PANAMA CITY. 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 EAST...ACROSS
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND...LESSER
AMOUNTS OF LOCALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE
MAJORITY OF THE RAINFALL OCCURRING DURING WEDNESDAY.
* 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.
$$
GODSEY/MROCZKA
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
Warning Issue Date: 418 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009
SOIL CONDITIONS ARE WET ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...ALABAMA AND
MUCH OF GEORGIA HAS KEPT RIVER FLOWS NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS
THE AREA THE PAST TWO MONTHS.
BEGINNING TUESDAY EVENING...A STRONG WET STORM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF
COAST. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AS THIS SYSTEM UNFOLDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE RAPID LOCAL
RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND RAPID RISES ON MAINSTEM
RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA.
BY WEDNESDAY...THE PEA...YELLOW...CHOCTAWHATCHEE...CHATTAHOOCHEE
AND FLINT RIVERS DRAINAGES AND SMALLER DRAINAGES SUCH AS
MOSSYHEAD...SPRING CREEK AND OTHERS ACROSS THE AREA MAY EXPERIENCE
SHARP RAPID RISES REACHING OR EXCEEDING CRITICAL STAGES.
SIGNIFICANT ROUTED FLOWS ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND FLINT RIVER
DRAINAGES WILL ALSO OCCUR LATER THIS WEEK PARTICULARLY IF HEAVY
RAIN FALL REACHES THE WETTER CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA BASINS.
RESULTING FLOWS FROM THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND FLINT BASINS WILL
LIKELY GENERATE HIGH FLOWS ON THE APALACHICOLA RIVER LATER THIS
WEEK AND NEXT WEEK.
PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE AREAS MENTIONED ABOVE SHOULD
REMAIN INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER AND RIVER INFORMATION AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY. PLEASE REFER TO NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION IN YOUR AREA.
A FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE AREAS
THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED.
THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE
LATEST INFORMATION TONIGHT. ANOTHER SOURCE OF CURRENT WEATHER
INFORMATION FOR THE AREA IS ON OUR WEB PAGE AT:
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE/.
$$
LANIER
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