[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
400 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
FOR THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 87.1 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ABOUT 170 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.  ARLENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH.  A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AND
SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED TODAY.  THIS MOTION
SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OR ARLENE NEAR OR OVER THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.  ARLENE REMAINS A LARGE TROPICAL
STORM...AND MOST OF THE ASSOCIATED RAIN AND WINDS WILL ARRIVE MUCH
EARLIER THAN THE CENTER.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...
OR MOVE THEM INDOORS.  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE
A PROBLEM DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH ARLENE.
FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...WHERE WATER CAN
QUICKLY FLOOD ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS AND VISIBILITIES ARE
LIMITED IN THE DARK. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN
AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...MAINLY ALONG
LOWNDES...DALLAS...MARENGO...AND SUMTER COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AS
ARLENE MAKES LANDFALL. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM CARROLLTON TO SELMA AND
FORT DEPOSIT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO
50 MPH. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE...
WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
OUTER RAIN BANDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ROTATING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.
THE PRIMARY THREAT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FROM ARLENE WILL BE FLASH
FLOODING AS HEAVY RAIN BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.  STORM TOTALS
(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY) MAY APPROACH 4 TO 8 INCHES.  MINOR RIVER
FLOODING IS FORECAST ALONG THE LOWER BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AND
TOMBIGBEE RIVER...WITH RIVERS RISING TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE ON THE
TALLAPOOSA...ALABAMA...AND CAHABA RIVERS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY
7 AM TODAY.

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