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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IDA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1001 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...IDA MOVING SLOWER...CENTER APPROACHING 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 CONTINUES FOR ALL OF GULF COASTAL WATERS
DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF 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 10 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA HAS BECOME ELONGATED
AND POORLY DEFINED AND IS NOW ESTIMATED TO BE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. IDA HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS NOW MOVING TO
THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH AND A FURTHER DECREASE IN SPEED IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH- NORTHEAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SOME WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...IDA IS MOVING MORE SLOWLY AND IS EXPECTED TO
SLOW DOWN FURTHER OVERNIGHT. ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK...THIS
SLOWER MOVEMENT WILL HAVE IDA MAKE LANDFALL OVER COASTAL ALABAMA
LATE TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO SPREAD
INLAND INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS TREND OF INCREASING WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS SPREADING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.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 MIDNIGHT CST.

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LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1001 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...
AT 10 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA HAS BECOME ELONGATED
AND POORLY DEFINED AND IS NOW ESTIMATED TO BE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. IDA HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS NOW MOVING TO
THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH AND A FURTHER DECREASE IN SPEED IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH- NORTHEAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SOME WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND INTO
EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  A WIND GUST TO 55 MPH WAS REPORTED
EARLIER THIS EVENING NEAR FOLEY ALABAMA.  THIS TREND OF INCREASING
WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS SPREADING MAINLY INTO THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 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 3 TO 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MOBILE
AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA.  ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 2 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...
CURRENT RAINFALL RATES ARE GENERALLY ONE INCH PER HOUR OR LESS BUT
HIGHER RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL SOON SPREAD
INTO COASTAL BALDWIN COUNTY AND ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND SPREAD
FURTHER INLAND OVER THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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...
GIVE VERY STABLE AIR NEAR THE COAST...THE TORNADO THREAT IS LOW. IF A
TORNADO WERE TO OCCUR IT WOULD BE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS NEAR THE COAST.

&&

...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-
1001 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...
AT 10 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA HAS BECOME ELONGATED
AND POORLY DEFINED AND IS NOW ESTIMATED TO BE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. IDA HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS NOW MOVING TO
THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH AND A FURTHER DECREASE IN SPEED IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH- NORTHEAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SOME WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

&&

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

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

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE
INLAND PORTION OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE WINDS
SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
CURRENT RAINFALL RATES ARE LESS THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR BUT HIGHER
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL SPREAD INTO THE
INTERIOR PORTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. 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...
GIVE VERY STABLE AIR NEAR THE COAST...THE TORNADO THREAT IS LOW. IF A
TORNADO WERE TO OCCUR IT WOULD BE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS NEAR THE COAST.

&&

$$

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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
1001 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA HAS BECOME ELONGATED
AND POORLY DEFINED AND IS NOW ESTIMATED TO BE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. IDA HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS NOW MOVING TO
THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH AND A FURTHER DECREASE IN SPEED IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH- NORTHEAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SOME WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

&&

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

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

&&

...WINDS...
GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 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...
CURRENT RAINFALL RATES ARE ONE INCH PER HOUR OR LESS BUT HIGHER
RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INLAND DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. 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.

&&

$$

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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-
1001 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA HAS BECOME ELONGATED
AND POORLY DEFINED AND IS NOW ESTIMATED TO BE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. IDA HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS NOW MOVING TO
THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH AND A FURTHER DECREASE IN SPEED IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH- NORTHEAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SOME WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

&&

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

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

&&

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOW OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF
THE MARINE AREA WITH GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE NEAR THE IMMEDIATE
COAST AND OVER INLAND BAYS AND WATERWAYS.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WILL SPREAD INTO THE BAYS AND INLAND WATERWAYS OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.  THE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO
60 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.

&&

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

&&

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