[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
929 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007

...DEPRESSION NOW ASHORE ASHORE IN OKALOOSA COUNTY FLORIDA...
NO STRENGTHEN EXPECTED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN WAS ALMOST ONSHORE NEAR FORT
WALTON BEACH FLORIDA.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FROM APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA WESTWARD TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
FLORIDA BIG BEND UNTIL 1 AM EDT /12 AM CDT/ SATURDAY...

...THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY FOR
JEFFERSON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WALTON...BAY...GULF...FRANKLIN
AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG
BEND UNTIL 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ SATURDAY...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 800 PM CDT /89PM EDT/ THE CENTER OF TROPICAL SEPRESSION TEN WAS
INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.6 WEST...JUST
SOUTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW IN WESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY FLORIDA. THE
DEPRESSION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. THIS MOTION
WAS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...TAKING THE CENTER OF THE
DEPRESSION FURTHER INLAND. RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
INDICATED THAT THE DEPRESSION HAD NOT STRENGTHENED....AND MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS REMAINED NEAR 35 MPH IN A FEW SQUALLS...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. A GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE
CENTER CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED
BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNTIN RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1005
MB...29.68 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AS THE DEPRESSION CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND AND SLOWLY WEAKENS, THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM ISOLATED TORNADOES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING
DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE TIDE GAGE AT APALACHICOLA SHOWED WATER
LEVELS CONTINUING TO RUN ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. TIDES ALONG
THE COAST ARE EXPECTED TO RUN ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH
TONIGHT...RESULTING IN A TOTAL STORM TIDE OF APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET.
AS THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND AND WEAKEN
TONIGHT...ONSHORE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH...TIDES SHOULD
GRADUALLY RETURN TO NORMAL ON SATURDAY.

STORM TIDES ARE A COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE AND THE ASTRONOMICAL
TIDES. SLELECTED TIMES OF HIGH AND LOW TIDE FOR THE EASTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND ARE...

SAINT MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE...
TONIGHT... HIGH 12:21 AM.
SATURDAY... LOW 5:06 AM.

APALACHICOLA...
TONIGHT... HIGH... 03:19 AM...
SATURDAY... LOW 07:17 AM.

SAINT ANDREWS BAY AT PANAMA CITY...
SATURDAY... HIGH 06:35 AM. LOW 5:21 PM.

...WINDS...
AT 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
APALACHICOLA TO SANDESTIN WERE MAINLY OUT OF THE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. A FEW
INLAND LOCATIONS IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLE HAD REPORTED WINDS
GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH IN SQUALLS. EAST OF APALACHICOLA...WINDS
WERE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND
25 MPH.

...INLAND FLOODING...
WELCOME RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. THE THE GREATEST
THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH RAIN BANDS OVER THE
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES LOCALLY ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES WHERE RAIN BANDS REMAIN PERSISTENTLY ACROSS
THE SAME LOCATIONS. FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...
AND EVEN WEAK TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS CAN PRODUCE URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING THAT CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATHS OF
MOTORISTS WHO TRY TO CROSS FLOODED STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.

...TORNADOES...
THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT OF TORNADOES OVER THE EASTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN.

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