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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IDA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1039 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...IDA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT HEADS TOWARD THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND GULF COASTAL WATERS DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF GULF COASTAL
WATERS DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND
INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

ALL HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 9 AM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 185 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THIS IS
ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AL.

IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH AND THEN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IDA IS EXPECTED TO
MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TUESDAY MORNING. AFTER
LANDFALL...A TURN TO THE EAST IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND ARE NOW NEAR 70
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TODAY
AS IDA APPROACHES THE COAST.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
IDA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS IT
APPROACHES THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. EVEN WITH THE STORM WEAKENING...
THE THREAT FOR COASTAL FLOODING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG WINDS
STILL EXISTS.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AROUND 2 PM CST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1039 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
...HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AND IS ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF
MOBILE AS OF 9 AM CST. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT WITH
ALL HURRICANE WARNINGS DISCONTINUED. SURF WILL INCREASE DURING THE
DAY AND A LARGE BATTERING SURF IS EXPECTED FROM SUNSET THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURF HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE FROM FORT
MORGAN ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET
EXPECTED ALONG DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO SPREAD
INLAND THROUGH THE DAY. A WESTWARD SHIFT IN THE FORECAST TRACK MAY
RESULT IN HIGHER STORM SURGE TOTALS IN MOBILE BAY.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO
COMPLETION ANY PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IDA APPROACHES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INLAND
THIS EVENING EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND NEAR MIDNIGHT WEST OF INTERSTATE
65. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST AND GUSTS
TO 40 TO 50 MPH FURTHER INLAND.

&&

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHERN MOBILE
COUNTY TO FORT MORGAN. TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY. ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET ARE CURRENTLY
ANTICIPATED. THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL
RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 AM ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM
RELATED FLOODING SINCE IDA WILL BE NEARING THIS COAST DURING THIS
TIME.

THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTS OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS
DAUPHIN ISLAND WITH WATER REPORTED FROM ST. STEPHENS ROAD TO THE WEST
END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND.

&&

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
SURF WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY AND A LARGE BATTERING SURF IS
EXPECTED FROM SUNSET THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURF HEIGHTS OF 10
TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE FROM FORT MORGAN ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SURF
HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET EXPECTED ALONG DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. THE RIP
CURRENT RISK WILL BE EXTREME AND PEOPLE SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE
WATER.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
THE WESTWARD SHIFT IN IDA'S TRACK WILL BRING A HEAVY RAIN THREAT TO
MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 3 TO
6 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

&&

...TORNADOES...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS LOW...BUT IF TORNADOES DO OCCUR THEY WILL
MAINLY FORM IN IDA'S OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM LATE TODAY INTO TUESDAY.
TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE
STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED MILES FROM THE STORMS CENTER.

&&

$$

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UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-
1039 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
...HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST
NEAR 17 MPH. THE STORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AS
OF 9 AM CST. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT WITH ALL
HURRICANE WARNINGS DISCONTINUED.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO
COMPLETION ANY PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IDA APPROACHES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...
MAINLY IN GUSTS...ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING EAST OF
INTERSTATE 65 AND NEAR MIDNIGHT WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. WINDS GUSTS OF
40 AND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDA WILL SPREAD HEAVY RAIN NORTH TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. STORM
TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

&&

$$

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ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
1039 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES NORTH NORTHWEST AT
17 MPH. THE STORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AS OF 9
AM CST.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO
COMPLETION ANY PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IDA APPROACHES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL
SPREAD INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI....SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 AND 45
MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
THE WESTWARD SHIFT IN IDA'S TRACK WILL BRING A HEAVY RAIN THREAT TO
MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE
REST OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

&&

$$

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MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
1039 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES NORTH NORTHWEST AT
17 MPH. THE STORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AS OF 9
AM CST.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. ANY SMALL CRAFT AT SEA SHOULD RETURN
TO SAFE HARBOR THIS MORNING.

&&

...MARINE...
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SEAS WILL BUILD FROM THEIR CURRENT
9 TO 12 FEET THIS MORNING TO A MAXIMUM OF 17 TO 23 FEET WITHIN
20 NM OF THE COAST AND 21 TO 26 FEET BEYOND 20 NM OFFSHORE
OVERNIGHT.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
SPREAD CLOSER TO THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 40 TO 50 KNOT RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

&&

...TORNADOES...
A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER
RAIN BANDS OF IDA AND NEAR THE CENTER AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE
COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS LATER TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.
&&

&&

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