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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE ISAAC LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
127 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...ISAAC NOW PRODUCING STORM SURGE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ACROSS OUR REGION...

.NEW INFORMATION...THE TORNADO THREAT WILL LIKELY INCREASE THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS 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 THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
WASHINGTON...UPPER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...LOWER
BALDWIN...INLAND ESCAMBIA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...INLAND SANTA
ROSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND OKALOOSA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
WAYNE...PERRY...GREENE...STONE AND GEORGE.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF GULF COASTAL WATERS DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF GULF COASTAL WATERS DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT
MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND GULF COASTAL WATERS DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM. PLEASE
LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT
FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.0N...LONGITUDE 89.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 150 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE AL...OR ABOUT 180 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
PENSACOLA FL. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 8 MPH. STORM
INTENSITY WAS 80 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...

SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COASTS OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITH
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS EXTENDING INTO BOTH INTERIOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

SQUALLS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE HURRICANE WILL AFFECT
THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS
ARE FORECAST TO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM. STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
WITH 12 INCHES LOCALLY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
FURTHER EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

TORNADOES EMBEDDED IN THE OUTER RAINS BANDS MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT. A
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THE MOTION WILL
BE FROM EAST TO WEST...SHIFTING TO A MORE SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST
MOTION LATER IN THE PERIOD.

SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS ARE NOW AS HIGH AS 17 TO 22 FEET...WITH
BREAKERS AT THE BEACHES AS HIGH AS 8 TO 13 FEET.

AS WITH ALL TROPICAL SYSTEMS...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN AT
HIGH LEVELS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

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

FINAL PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AROUND 500 AM CDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.


ALZ061>064-300630-
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UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-
127 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS WILL RESULT IN
FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 6 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE PERIOD OF
GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY BASED ON THE
CURRENT FORECAST TRACK. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR MID TO LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

THE AREAS LIKELY TO RECEIVE THE GREATEST FLOODING WILL BE BAYOU LA
BATRE...CODEN...THE UPPER REACHES OF MOBILE BAY AND ADJOINING RIVERS
THAT FLOW INTO THEM. THE OLD CAUSEWAY WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
AREA TIDE GAGES SHOW THAT MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS.
HOWEVER...THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE IS APPROACHING LATER THIS MORNING.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND WINDS GUSTS ARE OCCURRING. MAXIMUM
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE COAST WINDS ARE NOT FORECAST TO FALL BELOW TROPICAL STORM
FORCE LATER TODAY.

AS OF AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT...THE LATEST REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS OVER COASTAL
ALABAMA SHOW SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE REGION.
COASTAL AREAS ARE SUSTAINED AROUND TROPICAL STORM FORCE. DAUPHIN
ISLAND AND FORT MORGAN BOTH HAD SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 37 KNOTS AND
WERE ALSO BOTH GUSTING TO 43 KNOTS.

$$

FLZ001-002-300630-
/O.CON.KMOB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
127 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS WILL RESULT IN
FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE PERIOD OF
GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY BASED ON THE
CURRENT FORECAST TRACK. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR MID TO LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

THE AREAS LIKELY TO RECEIVE THE GREATEST COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE
THE UPPER REACHES OF ESCAMBIA BAY...SOUTHEAST FACING SHORELINES AND
FT. PICKENS STATE PARK. AREA TIDE GAGES SHOW THAT MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS. HOWEVER...THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE IS
APPROACHING LATER THIS MORNING.


...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND WINDS GUSTS ARE OCCURRING. MAXIMUM
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE COAST WINDS ARE NOT FORECAST TO FALL BELOW TROPICAL STORM
FORCE LATER TODAY.

AS OF AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT...THE LATEST REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS OVER THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOW THAT WINDS GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 20
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED FOUND
IN THIS REGION WAS 29 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS 40 MPH AT THE
PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION.


$$

FLZ003>006-300630-
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INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
127 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS WILL RESULT IN
FLOOD INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE PERIOD OF
GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY BASED ON THE
CURRENT FORECAST TRACK. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR MID TO LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

...WINDS...

AS OF AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT...THE LATEST REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS OVER THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOW THAT WINDS GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 20
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED FOUND
IN THIS REGION WAS 29 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS 40 MPH AT THE
PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION.

$$

ALZ052-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-300630-
/O.CON.KMOB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
127 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

$$

GMZ630-300630-
/O.CON.KMOB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MOBILE BAY-
127 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS WILL
CONTINUE TODAY.

AS OF AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT...THE LATEST REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS OVER COASTAL
ALABAMA SHOW SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE REGION.
COASTAL AREAS ARE SUSTAINED AROUND TROPICAL STORM FORCE. DAUPHIN
ISLAND AND FORT MORGAN BOTH HAD SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 37 KNOTS AND
WERE ALSO BOTH GUSTING TO 43 KNOTS.

$$

GMZ670-300630-
/O.EXA.KMOB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
127 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE
TODAY.

HIGHEST SEAS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 20 TO 30 FEET OVERNIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS WILL REMAIN VERY
ROUGH.

$$

GMZ650-300630-
/O.CON.KMOB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
127 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS WILL
CONTINUE TODAY.

HIGHEST SEAS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 20 TO 30 FEET OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE
INTO WEDNESDAY. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS WILL REMAIN VERY ROUGH.

$$

GMZ655-675-300630-
/O.CON.KMOB.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
127 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS WILL
CONTINUE TODAY.

HIGHEST SEAS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 20 TO 30 FEET OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE
INTO WEDNESDAY. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS WILL REMAIN VERY ROUGH.

$$




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