[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KMOB 291811
HLSMOB
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-292015-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
111 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

...KATRINA IS NOW A MODERATE CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE WITH WINDS NEAR
105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS
IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...WASHINGTON...CONECUH...
MONROE...BUTLER...CLARKE...CRENSHAW...WILCOX...CHOCTAW...BALDWIN AND
MOBILE COUNTIES.

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE
COUNTIES.

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL MOBILE AND BALDWIN
COUNTIES.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND MOBILE...INLAND
BALDWIN...WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA...AND STONE...GEORGE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE COUNTIES OF
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL ESCAMBIA...SANTA
ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND ESCAMBIA...
SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND FOR
ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...CONECUH...MONROE...BUTLER...CRENSHAW AND
WILCOX COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. PLEASE SEE
THE BHMNPWMOB PRODUCT FOR DETAILS RELATED TO THE INLAND AREAS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE SAME AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 PM CDT...MOBILE RADAR ESTIMATED THE CENTER OF HURRICANE
KATRINA TO BE INLAND...MOVING OVER SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY OR ABOUT
85 MILES WEST...NORTHWEST OF THE MOBILE AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE.
KATRINA IS MOVING NORTH NEAR 20 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS FORECAST TO
CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST
AT A SLIGHTLY FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.

KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE...WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS UP TO AROUND 940 MB.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE STORM TIDE WAS AROUND 9 TO 12 FEET ALONG
COASTLINE OF MOBILE COUNTY. LATEST TIDE GAUGE AT THE ALABAMA STATE
DOCKS INDICATE TIDES ARE AROUND 11 FEET AND COULD POSSIBLY STILL BE
RISING SLIGHTLY. STORM TIDE HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 8 FEET ARE ESTIMATED
ALONG THE COASTLINE OF BALDWIN COUNTY...WITH 4 TO 6 FEET FURTHER
EASTWARD TO NEAR NAVARRE BEACH.

...WIND IMPACTS...
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS NEAR 75 TO 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INTO THE
EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 50 T0 60 MPH WITH GUST TO AROUND
80 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND ACROSS MOBILE COUNTY
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF BALDWIN COUNTY...WITH SLIGHTLY LESSER
WINDS EXPECTED FURTHER EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FURTHER INLAND
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS TODAY.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS.

...RIP CURRENTS...
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE OCCURRING. SWIMMERS SHOULD NOT
ENTER THE WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

...RAINFALL...
SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATRINA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WERE
ALREADY OBSERVED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS STONE AND INTO PERRY COUNTIES...WITH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS TAPERING TO 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER MUCH OF MOBILE COUNTY. RADAR
HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN NORTH AND EAST OF MOBILE
COUNTY FROM BANDS STRETCHING FROM THE BALDWIN COUNTY AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA COASTLINES NORTH AND NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA.

ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES OR HIGHER REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE
HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE FELT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PENSACOLA
FLORIDA TO MONROEVILLE AND CAMDEN ALABAMA.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE
AROUND 300 PM CDT.

$$

DARBE

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