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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
800 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

..A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER
WESTWARD...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF THE STEINHATCHEE
RIVER...
...AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERIOR FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...
...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
UNTIL 11 PM EDT...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.

...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
WALTON...BAY...GULF...FRANKLIN...WAKULLA...JEFFERSON AND TAYLOR.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR DIXIE COUNTY. AN INLAND
HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERIOR FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA AND THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR DIXIE...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...TAYLOR AND
WAKULLA COUNTIES. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.9 WEST OR ABOUT 285 MILES SOUTH
OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA. DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR
14 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT OR SUNDAY. DENNIS HAS STRENGTHENED RAPIDLY DURING THE
PAST FEW HOURS WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NOW NEAR 115 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED...AND DENNIS COULD
BECOME A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE BEFORE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 947 MB OR 27.96
INCHES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVERNIGHT ALONG THE COAST FROM TYNDALL AIR
FORCE BASE TO SAINT GEORGE ISLAND...AND EXTEND BY SUNRISE FROM DESTIN
TO SHELL POINT. GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WINDS COULD REACH THE COAST
LATE SUNDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE AND EVENTUALLY HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS WILL PUSH INLAND OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. IF THE TRACK OF DENNIS TURNS SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST...THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND COULD RECEIVE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS.

...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL INFORMATION...
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER A LARGE SWATH AS THE HURRICANE
MOVES INLAND. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS LIKELY TO FALL OVER THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE FROM THE APALACHICOLA RIVER WESTWARD AND INTO SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA WHERE TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA...3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THE STORM SURGE SHOULD BEGIN ALONG THE COAST EARLY SUNDAY. IF THE
CENTER OF THE HURRICANE MOVES INLAND OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AS A MAJOR HURRICANE...STORM SURGES WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO
12 FEET FROM PANAMA CITY BEACH WEST THROUGH DESTIN...WITH 6 TO 8
FOOT SURGES EAST OF PANAMA CITY BEACH TO SAINT GEORGE ISLAND. STORM
SURGES FROM SAINT GEORGE ISLAND EASTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
COAST WOULD LIKELY BE IN THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE. EXPOSED BARRIER
ISLAND AND PENINSULAS INCLUDING CAPE SAN BLAS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE
LARGE DAMAGING WAVE ACTION AND EROSION.

NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE AS FOLLOWS...

APALACHICOLA...
SUNDAY...LOW 1:14 AM AND 1:09 PM...HIGH 8:22 AM AND 6:07 PM.

PORT SAINT JOE...
TODAY...LOW 10:49 PM.
SUNDAY...HIGH 12:40 PM...LOW 10:51 PM.

PANAMA CITY...
TODAY...LOW 10:29 PM.
SUNDAY...HIGH 12:07 AM...LOW 10:31 PM.

DESTIN...
SUNDAY...LOW 1:00 AM...HIGH 12:37 PM.

...RIP CURRENTS...
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY DUE TO INCREASING
SURF AND WINDS.

...TORNADO THREAT...
RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL OUTER RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH DENNIS WERE
MOVING NORTHWEST AND APPROACHING THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE THREAT OF
TORNADOES WILL SPREAD NORTHWEST ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PANHANDLE OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA ON SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED.
THE GREATEST THREAT IS NORMALLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE
HURRICANE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
COASTAL RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND SHOULD MAKE
PREPARATIONS FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS DEVELOPING WITHIN 24 HOURS.
RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST PRONE TO STORM SURGE
FLOODING SHOULD HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS FOR SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AND ORDERS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY 11 PM EDT.

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JAMSKI

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