[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KMOB 292252
HLSMOB
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-300331-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
551 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...KATRINA CONTINUES WEAKENING OVER MISSISSIPPI...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS
IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...WASHINGTON...CONECUH...
MONROE...BUTLER...CLARKE...CRENSHAW...WILCOX...CHOCTAW...BALDWIN AND
MOBILE COUNTIES.

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE
COUNTIES.

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN TO THE
ALABAMA AND FLORIDA BORDER. THE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED
THIS EVENING.

INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. PLEASE REFER TO THE
PRODUCT BHMNPWMOB FOR THE LATEST DETAILS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CST.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 545 PM CDT...HURRICANE KATRINA HAD MOVED WELL NORTH OF OUR
REGION. KATRINA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
KATRINA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205
MILES...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  960 MB...28.35 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THIS EVENING.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AS KATRINA EXITS OUR REGION...WINDS WILL GENERALLY FALL BELOW
TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN AREAS WHERE TROPICAL STORM AND INLNAD
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT.

...RIP CURRENTS...
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY. SWIMMERS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES.

...RAINFALL...
THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL EAST OF KATRINA'S CENTER. ACCORDING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MOBILE ALABAMA...THE LINE
DELINEATING THE HEAVIEST RAINS EXTENDS FROM POPLARVILLE MISSISSIPPI
SOUTH TO SLIDELL AND NEW ORLEANS AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TO POYDRAS
LOUISIANA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A GENERAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
EAST OF THIS LINE AND EXTENDS EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA
BORDER. ISOLATED TOTALS OF 12 INCHES EXIST IN THE AFOREMENTIONED
AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE
AROUND 1030 PM CDT.

$$

MEDLIN

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