[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
501 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
EASTWARD TO PANAMA CITY FLORIDA...
...AND INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
INLAND PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES...
...ALL OTHER TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES.

...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
EASTWARD TO PANAMA CITY FLORIDA. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE ABOVE COASTAL COUNTIES. A FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM CDT...TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 30.7
NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PENSACOLA FLORIDA. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 991 MB. ARLENE
WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 15 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING
FARTHER INLAND AND WEAKENING. HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 50 MPH IN
A FEW SQUALLS OVER THE WATER SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

...WIND IMPACTS...
ALTHOUGH THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS
AFTERNOON...OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
COAST AND OVER THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER SUNSET.

HERE ARE SOME LOCAL WIND REPORTS AS OF 3 PM CDT...

PANAMA CITY...SOUTH AT 17 GUSTING TO 28 MPH.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE...SOUTH AT 30 GUSTING TO 49 MPH.

APALACHICOLA...SOUTH AT 23 GUSTING TO 29 MPH.

APALACHICOLA BUOY...SOUTH AT 18 MPH.

PANAMA CITY BUOY...SOUTHWEST 22 MPH GUSTING TO 26 MPH.


...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL INFORMATION...
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT ARLENE CONTINUES TO WRAP IN QUITE A BIT
OF DRY AIR AROUND THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
CIRCULATION. THIS SHOULD LIMIT THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD
FLOODING...BUT LOCAL FLOODING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT...MAINLY IN A FEW SLOW MOVING RAIN BANDS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES ARE STILL RUNNING 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL FROM APALACHICOLA
TO PANAMA CITY. THESE TIDES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AS THE STORM MOVES
INLAND AND WEAKENS. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR IN VULNERABLE
LOCATIONS INCLUDING CAPE SAN BLAS DUE TO BATTERING WAVES. THE ROAD
TO ALLIGATOR POINT HAD BEEN WASHED OUT.

SPECIFIC TIDE FORECASTS FOLLOW...

APALACHICOLA...
TODAY: LOW 1:30 PM...HIGH 6:07 PM EDT

PORT ST JOE...
TODAY: HIGH 1:12 PM

SAINT ANDREW BAY AT PANAMA CITY...
TODAY: HIGH 12:39 PM...LOW 11:53 PM CDT.


...RIP CURRENTS...
ONSHORE WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
THIS AFTERNOON.

...TORNADO THREAT...
THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED AS ARLENE HAS WEAKENED AND
MOVED INLAND.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AROUND 830 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

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