[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KHUN 291501
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ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-292100-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1002 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA NOW MAKING FINAL LANDFALL...WILL AFFECT THE
AREA THROUGH TOMORROW...

...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 REMAINS 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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVICED BY NWS HUNTSVILLE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 45 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT
330 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA.

KATRINA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...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...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA.

AS KATRINA DRAWS CLOSER TONIGHT...THE WINDS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65
WILL REACH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40
MPH...STARTING AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT. GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. THERE IS A SMALL POSSIBILITY OF SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 50
MPH IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA LATE THIS EVENING AND VERY EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.

EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TONIGHT WILL
MAINLY AFFECT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
LIGHT RAINFALL HAS ALREADY STARTED ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS
MORNING. TOTAL 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 4 PM CDT.

$$

JE

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