[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1002 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
FOR THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY...
...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 WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 AM CDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  87.4 WEST OR ABOUT 110 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ABOUT 85
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.

ARLENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  ARLENE
REMAINS JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
ARLENE TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE LANDFALL.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES MAINLY TO
THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.


...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...
EXPECT EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 MPH AND
HIGHER IN THE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST COUNTIES AFTER 6 PM...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A
TUSCALOOSA...MONTGOMERY LINE WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH IN RAIN
SQUALLS. AT THIS TIME...THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS WILL AFFECT
MAINLY WEST ALABAMA...NEAR AND JUST TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION. HOWEVER...RAIN SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEEDER BANDS
COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH IN ANY PORTION OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AS ARLENE
WEAKENS AND MOVES INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.

THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SATURATED SOIL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO THE
DOWNING OF SOME TREES ACROSS THE REGION. IT THESE TREES FALL ON
POWER LINES...THERE COULD BE SOME POWER OUTAGES THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

...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
AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM TODAY.

&&

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STEFKOVICH






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