[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KJAN 101324
HLSJAN
MSZ026>033-036>039-042>046-048>052-054>058-062>066-072>074-101615-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
815 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE DENNIS CONTINUES MARCHING TOWARD
THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST...

...INLAND HURRICANE WARNINGS AND INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS
OF CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 55.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CLARKE...FORREST...
JASPER...JONES...KEMPER...LAMAR...LAUDERDALE...NESHOBA...AND NEWTON.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ATTALA...CARROLL...
CHOCTAW...CLAY...COPIAH...COVINGTON...GRENADA...HINDS...HOLMES...
JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAWRENCE...LEAKE...LEFLORE...LINCOLN...
LOWNDES...MADISON...MARION...MONTGOMERY...NOXUBEE...OKTIBBEHA...
RANKIN...SCOTT...SIMPSON...SMITH...WEBSTER...WINSTON...YAZOO...

THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS UNDER A WIND ADVISORY
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...WITH LAKE WIND ADVISORIES FOR NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI...
GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 800 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.4 WEST. THIS IS ABOUT 245 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI OR AROUND 280 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MILES AN
HOUR....AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. THIS MOTION
WILL BRING THE CENTER OF DENNIS ONSHORE ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST
THIS AFTERNOON SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND MOBILE BAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 145 MILES AN HOUR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THIS MAKES DENNIS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS NOW 930
MILLIBARS... OR 27.46 INCHES.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SHELTERS ARE OPEN IN SOME AREAS.  PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE...WATCH LOCAL TV...OR LISTEN TO RADIO FOR
LOCATIONS OF THESE SHELTERS.  YOU CAN ALSO REFER TO THE MISSISSIPPI
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE AT: WWW.MSEMA.ORG.

RESIDENTS OF EAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD FINALIZE PREPARATIONS FOR
TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL
RAIN LATE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.  SECURE ANY OUTDOOR ITEMS
THAT COULD BECOME AIRBORNE SINCE HIGH WINDS WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL
HOURS AS THE STORM PASSES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS HIGHER THAN HURRICANE
FORCE...ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP AFTER 500 PM TODAY OVER SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.  GUSTS OF 70 TO 90 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE
ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A PURVIS TO BAY SPRINGS TO NEWTON TO DE KALB
LINE TONIGHT.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MILES AN
HOUR...ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.  THESE WINDS SHOULD THEN SPREAD
WEST AND NORTH...AFFECTING COMMUNITIES ALONG A BROOKHAVEN TO BRANDON
TO STARKVILLE LINE BY MIDNIGHT.  PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT ANY
WESTWARD SHIFT IN THE TRACK OF DENNIS WILL SPREAD STRONGER WINDS WEST
OF THIS LINE.

AGAIN...DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE WHEN HE MAKES
LANDFALL THIS AFTERNOON.  ONCE ONSHORE...DENNIS WILL BEGIN WEAKENING
AS IT MOVES TOWARD EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL
BE ALONG AND NEAR THE CENTER OF DENNIS...WHERE TREES AND POWER LINES
WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN DOWN OR SEVERELY DAMAGED. DAMAGE TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS OF BUILDINGS...AND OTHER STRUCTURE DAMAGE IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

DENNIS IS FORECAST TO REMAIN AT HURRICANE STRENGTH WELL
INLAND...POSSIBLY EVEN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD AND
LENGTHY POWER OUTAGES AS THOUSANDS OF TREES ARE BLOWN DOWN.

...RAINFALL...
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE AS DENNIS MOVES ACROSS
EAST MISSISSIPPI. GROUND CONDITIONS ARE FAIRLY DRY...BUT THREE INCHES
OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WILL PROMOTE RUNOFF AND RESULT IN A
DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS
OCCUR IN VEHICLES TRYING TO CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

THIS RAINFALL WILL ALSO RESULT IN RAPID RISES IN AREA RIVERS LATE
TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH SEVERAL RIVERS ALONG AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 55 PROBABLY GOING INTO MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING BETWEEN
MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1100
AM CDT.

$$

CRAVEN

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