[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KHUN 281804
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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
104 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY
MONDAY EVENING...

...AREAS AFFECTED...THIS STATEMENT COVERS ALL THE TENNESSEE
COUNTIES SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY AFERNOON FOR
ALL OF THE NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES
SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA.

...STORM INFORMATION... AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE
88.1 WEST OR ABOUT 225 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
NEAR 12 MPH...AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH-NORTHWEST
IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ENSURE ALL LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE...INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND
TRASH CANS. MAKE PLANS NOW TO MOVE OUTDOOR PETS TO A SAFE INDOOR
LOCATION BY MONDAY EVENING...CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.


...INLAND WIND IMPACTS... WINDS ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING BY MONDAY EVENING FROM THE
SOUTH...SPREADING NORTH AND NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT MONDAY AND INTO
EARLY TUESDAY...CONTINUING UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH
EXPECTED.


...FLOODING IMPACTS... RAINFALL FROM HURRICANE KATRINA WILL
OVERSPREAD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
OCCURRING FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY. CURRENTS
ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES
ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER AREAS
WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.

THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RISES ON AREA CREEKS...
STREAMS AND RIVERS. LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA...CLOSEST TO THE STORM CENTER.


...TORNADO IMPACTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BECOME A
POSSIBILITY BY MONDAY EVENING TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE TRACK OF
HURRICANE KATRINA ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY IN THE OUTER
RAINBANDS. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL LIKELY EXIST INTO
TUESDAY...UNTIL KATRINA MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA.

...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL
STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 PM CDT.

$$

TROUTMAN


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