[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
405 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA WILL AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY THIS
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 WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF THE NORTHERN ALABAMA AND
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA.

A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE COUNTIES COVERED BY THE NWS OFFICE IN
HUNTSVILLE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 90 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA...AND ABOUT 120 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI.

KATRINA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 15 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE TODAY.

...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 THIS EVENING...CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY
MORNING.

...INLAND WIND IMPACTS...
EASTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 20
MPH THIS AFTERNOON...AND 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH THIS
EVENING.

AS KATRINA DRAWS CLOSER TONIGHT...THE WINDS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65
WILL REACH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40
MPH...AND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. FROM INTERSTATE 65 EASTWARD...THE
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TONIGHT WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
RAINFALL FROM HURRICANE KATRINA WILL OVERSPREAD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
TODAY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.

CURRENT ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM RANGE FROM 2 TO 5
INCHES WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...TO 1 TO 3 INCHES EAST OF INTERSTATE
65...WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE GEORGIA BORDER.

THE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RISES ON AREA CREEKS...STREAMS
AND RIVERS.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
ISOLATED TORNADOES IN RAIN BANDS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY FROM LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.

IT IS DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME TO BE SPECIFIC ON HOW MUCH OF THE AREA
WILL BE AFFECTED. IT COULD BE THE WHOLE AREA...OR MAINLY THE WESTERN
HALF OF THE AREA CLOSEST TO THE CENTER OF KATRINA...DEPENDING ON HOW
THE RAIN BANDS EVOLVE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
BY 10 AM CDT.

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