[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KHUN 291935
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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
237 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA WILL AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

...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 NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 20 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI.

KATRINA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 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 WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH EXPECTED 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. SOME 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 INTO VERY
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

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

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
THE INITIAL OUTER RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA WILL MOVE INTO
NORTH ALABAMA BY 3 PM...WITH MORE RAINBANDS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA FOLLOWING THIS INITIAL AREA OF RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH THROUGH 5 PM ACROSS NORTH
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION BEFORE
MIDNIGHT...WITH CONTINUOUS RAINFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. 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.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
BY 5 PM CDT.

$$

TROUTMAN



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