[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
736 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...HURRICANE DENNIS HAS WEAKENED TO A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE AS
IT MOVES NORTH INTO ALABAMA...

...INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CDT MONDAY
ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO
TROY LINE...

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CDT
MONDAY NORTHEAST OF A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO
TROY LINE...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH
NOON CDT MONDAY...

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA EXCEPT FOR MARION AND WINSTON COUNTIES...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PERTAINS TO ALL CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES SERVICED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CDT MONDAY
ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO
TROY LINE.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CDT MONDAY
NORTHEAST OF A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO TROY LINE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH
NOON CDT MONDAY.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA EXCEPT FOR MARION AND WINSTON COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 6 PM CDT...2300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.5 WEST...OR ABOUT
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE ALABAMA.

DENNIS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH.
THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 80 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

ALTHOUGH DENNIS HAS WEAKENED TO A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE...IT IS STILL A DANGEROUS HURRICANE.
DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM AROUND
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY A NOAA
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 961 MB...28.38 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY INDOORS IN A STURDY SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  KEEP YOUR
PETS INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE MONDAY MORNING.

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AND IS
LIKELY TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AS A RESULT
OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM DENNIS.  FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS
AT NIGHT WHERE WATER MAY QUICKLY FLOOD ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED IN THE DARK.  DO NOT TRY TO
CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA FROM DENNIS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF A REFORM TO
TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO TROY LINE.  IF POWER OUTAGES LAST FOR ANY
DURATION AND A GENERATOR IS NECESSARY...PLEASE REMEMBER THAT
GENERATOR USE INDOORS CAN BE DEADLY SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE GAS
IS PRODUCED.  GENERATORS SHOULD NOT BE USED INDOORS...BUT IF NO
ALTERNATIVE EXISTS...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OPERATING GENERATORS
INDOORS AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE VENTILATION FOR THE MACHINE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND
SOUTHWEST OF A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO TROY LINE.
THE STRONGEST WINDS...40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH...
WILL OCCUR IN THESE AFFECTED AREAS THROUGH 2 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.
THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AND SOME
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTHEAST OF
A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO TROY LINE.  WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH 4 AM CDT.  SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

WINDS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BETWEEN 2 AM AND
4 AM CDT TONIGHT.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE DENNIS...
4 TO 8 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALL ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
THROUGH NOON CDT MONDAY.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF THE CURRENT
TRACK OF DENNIS...MAINLY AREAS ALONG A HAMILTON TO TUSCALOOSA
TO DEMOPOLIS LINE.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL BEFORE 2 AM CDT
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AND BETWEEN 9 PM CDT AND 6 AM CDT NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 20.

RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAS
LED TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING.

WITH ABOVE NORMAL RIVER FLOW IN MANY LOCATIONS...HEAVY RAINFALL
FROM DENNIS WILL AGGRAVATE RIVER CONDITIONS.  RIVER FLOODING COULD
BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM BY MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.
THIS FLOODING WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS.  BE PREPARED TO TAKE
QUICK ACTION WHEN AND IF THE WATERS BEGIN RISING.

...TORNADO THREAT...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL BUT MARION
AND WINSTON COUNTIES.

...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS SET UP A HOT LINE
FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION IN SOUTH ALABAMA.  THE ACCESS NUMBER
IS 1-888-588-2848.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM WILL NOT ISSUE ANY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING DURING
THIS TROPICAL EVENT.  WIND WARNINGS MAY BE ALTERED DEPENDING ON
THE LATEST TRACK OF DENNIS.  IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY DANGEROUS SPIRAL
BAND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS WILL
BE ISSUED.  IF ROTATION IS OBSERVED...TORNADO WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE ISSUED.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
WILL BE ISSUED.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
BY 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

&&

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