[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KMOB 090419
HLSMOB
ALZ061>064-FLZ001>006-090800-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1110 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005

...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA GULF COASTS...

...HURRICANE DENNIS WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF TONIGHT
AND TAKE AIM ON THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS
OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF MOBILE AND
BALDWIN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AS WELL AS ESCAMBIA...SANTA
ROSA...AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.  INLAND HURRICANE WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE INLAND
PORTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN ALABAMA...AND THE INLAND
PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.1 WEST OR ABOUT 110 MILES
SOUTH OF KEY WEST FLORIDA.  DENNIS IS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST NEAR
14 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST...
POSSIBLY THE EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE OR ALABAMA COASTS...
ON SUNDAY AS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SHELTERS ARE BEING OPENED IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT...WITH MOST
COASTAL AREAS ORDERING EVACUATIONS.  LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR
SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN YOUR AREA. IF YOU LIVE NEAR THE WATER
AND ARE ORDERED TO EVACUATE...DO SO. EVERY HURRICANE IS DIFFERENT AND
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE IT THROUGH OTHER STORMS WITH VERY LITTLE
DAMAGE...DONT ASSUME THAT DENNIS WILL BE THE SAME. DON'T BE A
STATISTIC...OBEY ALL EVACUATION ORDERS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR NEAR NOON ON SUNDAY...AND COMBINED
WITH THE SURGE FROM DENNIS...COULD RESULT IN A STORM SURGE BETWEEN 10
AND 14 FEET IN AND NEAR WHERE DENNIS MAKES LANDFALL.  THIS WILL
RESULT IN MAJOR DESTRUCTION ALONG COASTAL AREAS...SIMILAR TO WHAT
HURRICANE IVAN PRODUCED LAST YEAR.

...WIND IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT
THE COASTAL AREAS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL MAKE DRIVING
CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...75 MPH OR GREATER...
WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY AND PERSIST
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  AS DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO BE
AT LEAST A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE WITH WINDS AROUND 120 MPH...MAJOR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS LIKELY WITH DENNIS.

...RIP CURRENTS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS...
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DUE TO
INCREASING SURF AND WINDS.  PEOPLE ARE DISCOURAGED FROM SWIMMING...
SURFING AND RECREATIONAL BOATING UNTIL DENNIS MOVES OUT OF THE AREA.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE AS DENNIS MAKES LANDFALL
AND TRACKS INLAND. GROUND CONDITIONS ARE STILL FAIRLY MOIST DUE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL STORM CINDY EARLIER IN THE WEEK...THIS
WILL PROMOTE MORE RUNOFF AND RESULT IN A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD
SITUATION AS DENNIS MOVES INLAND. IF FLOODING IS ENCOUNTERED...
REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DON'T DROWN.

...TORNADO THREAT...
THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL BE INCREASED AS DENNIS APPROACHES THE
COAST AND MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

...NEW INFORMATION...
I-65 WILL BE ONE WAYED NORTH BEGINNING AT 800 AM SATURDAY.  THE ONE
WAYING WILL BEGIN NEAR THE STOCKTON (EXIT 31) AND END JUST SOUTH
OF MONTGOMERY.  TRAFFIC GOING SOUTH ON I-65 SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY WILL
BE DIVERTED TO OTHER ROADWAYS.

WHEN TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BEGIN TO AFFECT PENSACOLA BAY...THE
I-10 BRIDGE ACROSS PENSACOLA BAY WILL BE CLOSED.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 300 AM.

BEELER

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