[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ARLENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
811 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...AS OF 8 PM EDT...ALL TROPICAL STORM AND INLAND TROPICAL STORM
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...

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

...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION...
ALTHOUGH THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...A FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
LOCALIZED FLOODING.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT (7 PM CDT)...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ARLENE WAS CENTERED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
EAST OF JACKSON ALABAMA. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 994 MB.
ARLENE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 35 MPH...AND FURTHER WEAKENING IS EXPECTED
AS ARLENE MOVES FURTHER INLAND.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING...BUT A FEW
GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

HERE ARE SOME LOCAL WIND REPORTS AS OF 8 PM EDT...

TALLAHASSEE...SOUTHEAST AT 12 MPH.

PANAMA CITY...SOUTH AT 12 MPH.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE...SOUTH AT 23 GUSTING TO 36 MPH.

APALACHICOLA...SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

APALACHICOLA BUOY...SOUTH AT 18 MPH.

PANAMA CITY BUOY...SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL INFORMATION...
AS ARLENE CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND MOVE FURTHER INLAND THIS
EVENING...THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING
CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE OUTER BANDS OF
ARLENE MAY STILL LOCALLY PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

...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 ARLENE MOVES
FURTHER INLAND AND WEAKENS. SOME BEACH EROSION MAY STILL 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...
TONIGHT: HIGH 6:07 PM EDT

PORT ST JOE...
SUNDAY: LOW 12:13 AM EDT

SAINT ANDREW BAY AT PANAMA CITY...
TONIGHT: LOW 11:53 PM CDT.

...RIP CURRENTS...
ONSHORE WINDS AND SOMEWHAT ROUGH SEAS WILL STILL PRODUCE A MODERATE
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON SUNDAY.

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

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION
ARLENE...UNLESS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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17-GOULD
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