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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
347 AM EDT FRI AUG 16 2013


FLZ020>025-030>033-035-036-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-162000-
/O.NEW.KJAX.FF.A.0001.130816T1600Z-130817T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY-
ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-
ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-
CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...LIVE OAK...LAKE CITY...
MACCLENNY...FERNANDINA BEACH...JACKSONVILLE...LAKE BUTLER...
STARKE...GREEN COVE SPRINGS...ST AUGUSTINE...TRENTON...
GAINESVILLE...DOUGLAS...HAZLEHURST...ALMA...BAXLEY...JESUP...
PEARSON...WAYCROSS...BLACKSHEAR...NAHUNTA...BRUNSWICK...
STATENVILLE...HOMERVILLE...FOLKSTON...WOODBINE...ST MARYS
347 AM EDT FRI AUG 16 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND 
  SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. 

* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
  WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS
  SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINFALL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD WILL
  BE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. WET SOIL CONDITIONS FROM
  RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINS WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
  FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

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

&&

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