[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
422 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY
MONDAY EVENING...

...AREAS AFFECTED...THIS STATEMENT COVERS ALL OF THE NORTHERN
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES SERVICED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
ALL OF THE NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES
SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA.

FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING TO TUESDAY EVENING
FOR THE COUNTIES COVERED BY THE NWS OFFICE IN HUNTSVILLE.

...STORM INFORMATION... AT 4PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE
89.0 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...AND
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ENSURE ALL LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE...INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND
TRASH CANS. MAKE PLANS NOW TO MOVE OUTDOOR PETS TO A SAFE INDOOR
LOCATION BY MONDAY EVENING...CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

...INLAND WIND IMPACTS... WINDS ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING BY MONDAY EVENING FROM THE
SOUTH...SPREADING NORTH AND NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT MONDAY AND INTO
EARLY TUESDAY...CONTINUING UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH
EXPECTED.

...FLOODING IMPACTS... RAINFALL FROM HURRICANE KATRINA WILL
OVERSPREAD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
OCCURRING FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY. CURRENT ESTIMATES
OF RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS
NORTHEAST ALABAMA...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER AREAS WEST OF
INTERSTATE 65.

THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RISES ON AREA CREEKS...
STREAMS AND RIVERS. LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA...CLOSEST TO THE STORM CENTER.

...TORNADO IMPACTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BECOME A
POSSIBILITY BY MONDAY EVENING TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE TRACK OF
HURRICANE KATRINA ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY IN THE OUTER
RAINBANDS. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL LIKELY EXIST INTO
TUESDAY...UNTIL KATRINA MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA.

...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
WILL BE ISSUED BY 11 PM CDT.

$$

TROUTMAN/SS/BC




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