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

...IDA TURNS NORTHWARD...SHOULD MAKE LANDFALL OVERNIGHT...

.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 CONTINUES FOR ALL OF GULF COASTAL WATERS
DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND
INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 3 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 60 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THIS IS ABOUT 160
MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE ALABAMA...OR ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF
PENSACOLA FLORIDA.

IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 18 MPH. A REDUCTION IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF
IDA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AROUND
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IDA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A TURN TO THE EAST ON
TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING
IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS IDA MOVES OVER COOLER WATERS PRIOR TO
MAKING LANDFALL.

.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. POWER OUTAGES ARE A REAL POSSIBILITY WITH
IDA TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

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

AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AROUND 8 PM CST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
509 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA REMAINS A TROPICAL STORM AND IS LOCATED ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH OF
MOBILE ALABAMA...OR ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA
FLORIDA AS OF 3 PM CST. THE FASTER MOVEMENT OF IDA NOW HAS IDA
MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT. SURF
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY AND A LARGE BATTERING SURF
IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURF HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 15
FEET ARE POSSIBLE FROM FORT MORGAN ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SURF
HEIGHTS OF 5 TO 8 FEET EXPECTED ALONG DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. HEAVY
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AS THE ONSET OF
GUSTY WINDS ARE IMMINENT AND HEAVY RAINS ARE ONGOING.  DURING THE
STORM...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE
WHEN HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR DURING TEMPORARY LULLS AS FLYING
DEBRIS CAN EASILY...AND SUDDENLY...CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. HAVE A WELL
CHARGED CELL PHONE NEARBY...KEEPING NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS AS OPEN AS
POSSIBLE FOR EMERGENCIES. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER
LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.

&&

...WINDS...
GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE IMMINENT ALONG DAUPHIN ISLAND
ALABAMA AND WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ALONG THE COAST OF BALDWIN COUNTY
AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE COASTLINE THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO
COASTAL ALABAMA LATER THIS EVENING AND SPREAD INLAND AND EASTWARD
INTO THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INTO TUESDAY MORNING THEN DECREASE BELOW TROPICAL
STORM FORCE OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE MID
AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALONG THE COAST WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH FURTHER INLAND UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY. POWER OUTAGES ARE A REAL POSSIBILITY WITH
IDA TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

&&

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN
MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA.  ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET ARE ANTICIPATED. THE
TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 AM
ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM RELATED FLOODING DUE TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS FROM IDA 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...AND WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER ROADWAYS AT FORT PICKENS IN
SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF
3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 8 INCHES...CAN BE
EXPECTED. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND
BE READY TO ACT SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR.

&&

...TORNADOES...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS LOW BUT CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  IF TORNADOES
DO OCCUR THEY WILL MAINLY FORM IN IDA'S OUTER RAIN BANDS THIS EVENING.

&&

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
MODERATE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE WEST END OF
DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND WAVES. RIP CURRENTS
ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF...AND SWIMMERS
SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

&&

$$

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UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-
509 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA REMAINS A TROPICAL STORM AND IS LOCATED ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH OF
MOBILE ALABAMA...OR ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA
FLORIDA AS OF 3 PM CST. THE FASTER MOVEMENT OF IDA NOW HAS IDA MAKING
LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAVY
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AS THE ONSET OF
GUSTY WINDS ARE IMMINENT AND HEAVY RAINS ARE ONGOING.  DURING THE
STORM...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE
WHEN HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR DURING TEMPORARY LULLS AS FLYING
DEBRIS CAN EASILY...AND SUDDENLY...CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. HAVE A WELL
CHARGED CELL PHONE NEARBY...KEEPING NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS AS OPEN AS
POSSIBLE FOR EMERGENCIES. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER
LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.

&&

...WINDS...
GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL SPREAD INTO THE INTERIOR PORTIONS
OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATER
THIS EVENING. THE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM
FORCE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST WITH
GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH FURTHER INLAND UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE ON
TUESDAY.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH NOON
TUESDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
AROUND 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS
FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

&&

...TORNADOES...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS LOW BUT CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  IF TORNADOES
DO OCCUR THEY WILL MAINLY FORM IN IDA'S OUTER RAIN BANDS THIS EVENING.

&&

$$

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509 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA REMAINS A TROPICAL STORM AND IS LOCATED ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH OF
MOBILE ALABAMA...OR ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA
FLORIDA AS OF 3 PM CST. THE FASTER MOVEMENT OF IDA NOW HAS IDA MAKING
LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAVY
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOON AS THE ONSET OF GUSTY
WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND HEAVY RAINS ARE
ONGOING. DURING THE STORM...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT
VENTURE OUTSIDE WHEN HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR DURING TEMPORARY
LULLS AS FLYING DEBRIS CAN EASILY...AND SUDDENLY...CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY. HAVE A WELL CHARGED CELL PHONE NEARBY...KEEPING NETWORK
COMMUNICATIONS AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE FOR EMERGENCIES. CLOSELY MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM
INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.

&&

...WINDS...
GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL SPREAD INTO INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING...THEN SUBSIDE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE
DAY ON TUESDAY.  WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL NOON TUESDAY.  RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3
TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 8 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND
BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

&&

$$

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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-
509 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA REMAINS A TROPICAL STORM AND IS LOCATED ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH OF
MOBILE ALABAMA...OR ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA
FLORIDA AS OF 3 PM CST. THE FASTER MOVEMENT OF IDA NOW HAS IDA
MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT.

&&

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

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOW BE IN PORT AND BE WELL SECURED.

&&

...WINDS...
GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE ONGOING OVER THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITH SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FURTHER OFFSHORE FROM 20 TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE. THE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 40
TO 60 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.

&&

...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 WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND MAKES LANDFALL ALONG THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST.

&&

...MARINE...
SEAS OVER THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS WILL
INCREASE FROM 10 TO 13 FEET NEAR SHORE TO A MAXIMUM OF 17 TO 23 FEET
WITHIN 20 NM OF THE COAST THROUGH TONIGHT. FURTHER OFFSHORE FROM 20
TO 60 NM SEAS WILL INCREASE FROM 15 TO 20 FEET TO 21 TO 26 FEET
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 15 FEET OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

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