TALLAHASSEE – As Tropical Storm Colin moves into the Northern Gulf of Mexico, the National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a Flood Watch for several North Florida and South Georgia Counties until early Tuesday morning.

Lowndes, Colquitt, Cook, Berrien, Decatur, Grady, Thomas, Brooks and Lanier Counties are under a Flood Watch until 2 a.m. Tuesday.

A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts.

Widespread average rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches are expected with isolated amounts of 8 inches possible. Flooding is most likely to develop across urban areas and areas of poor drainage.

Tropical Storm Colin is expected to move across North Florida and into the Atlantic by Tuesday morning. Impacts across the area are expected mainly today and tonight with the storm exiting the area by Tuesday morning.

Florida’s Franklin County has issued a voluntary evacuation for those vulnerable to storm surge: those in low lying areas and those in RVs that are more vulnerable to wind impacts.