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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

500 AM EDT WED SEP 25 2002



...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...



COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON.



IN NORTH FLORIDA...



BAY...CALHOUN...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...

JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...

TAYLOR...WAKULLA...WALTON AND WASHINGTON.



TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD 

FROM THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL ON THE 

LOUISIANA COAST THURSDAY MORNING. FREQUENT BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND OVER THE WATCH AREA FROM THE 

NORTHEAST GULF AS ISIDORE MOVES NORTH THROUGH THURSDAY. ALL 

INTERESTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST ADVISORIES FROM THE 

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON ISIDORE.



AFTER A GENERAL 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ON 

TUESDAY WITH SOME ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES...ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH LOCAL 

AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. FURTHERMORE...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN 

ON THURSDAY.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND 

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR 

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD 

WARNING BE ISSUED.





17-GOULD

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