000 FPUS72 KTAE 241625 NOWTAE SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1225 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 ALZ067-069-FLZ010>017-026-027-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 770-241830- HENRY-HOUSTON-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL- DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER- MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS- BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...TAYLOR... ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH... 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...SWEETWATER... SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT... SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON... ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON... FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT... NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 1225 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 /1125 AM CDT FRI OCT 24 2008/ .NOW... THROUGH 2 PM EDT (1 PM CDT)...WIDESPREAD RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. THE STEADIEST RAIN WILL EXTEND ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE, PRECIPITATION WILL BE MORE SHOWERY IN NATURE. ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE RAIN SHIELD IN GEORGIA. IN ADDITION, THE SHOWERS COULD STRENGTHEN INTO THUNDERSTORMS IN FLORIDA NOW THAT THE WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED ACROSS THE REGION. RAINFALL RATES IN THE RAIN WILL BE AROUND A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH PER HOUR. IN THE SHOWERS, LOOK FOR RAIN RATES NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIME. $$ FLZ018-019-028-029-034-GMZ730-755-765-775-241830- JEFFERSON-MADISON-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY 1225 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 .NOW... THROUGH 2 PM EDT...PERIODS OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND WITH RAIN RATES OF AN TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS DURING THIS TIME. $$ 18-WOOL