Flash Flood Watch in Effect for Wakulla County

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
910 AM EST TUE DEC 1 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST TONIGHT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF URBANIZED OR LOW LYING AREAS.

{sidebar id=1}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.

You can monitor weather conditions on the National Weather Service website: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tae/

Scott L. Nelson, FPEM
Wakulla County Emergency Management Director
Wakulla County Sheriff's Office
850.926.0861

This information originally published on December 1, 2009.

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