[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KMOB 292034
HLSMOB
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-292345-

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

...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA IS DEPARTING BUT WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE AND FLOODING REMAINS IN HER WAKE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

...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. AROUND 4 PM CDT...HURRICANE WARNINGS WILL BE REPLACED
BY TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS.

INLAND HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
HOWEVER NEAR THE CORE OF KATRINA.

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 2 PM CDT...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 IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. ON THIS TRACK...THE
CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 95 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS WILL
BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL. WEAKENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE CENTER CONTINUES MOVING
OVER LAND. SEE THE INLAND HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING
PRODUCT BHMNPWLIX.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 955 MB...28.20 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN 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 65 TO 85 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND AROUND THE CORE OF KATRINA. PARTICULARLY
IMPACTED WILL BE WAYNE..PERRY AND GREENE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI AND WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE... WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 34 TO 73
MPH RANGE WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS.

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

...RAINFALL...
THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL EAST OF KATRINA'S CENTER. ACCORDING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MOBILE ALABAMA...THE LINE
DELINEATING THE HEAVIEST RAINS EXTENDS FROM POPLARVILLE MISSISSIPPI
SOUTH TO SLIDELL AND NEW ORLEANS AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TO POYDRAS
LOUISIANA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A GENERAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
EAST OF THIS LINE AND EXTENDS EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA
BORDER. ISOLATED TOTALS OF 12 INCHES EXIST IN THE AFOREMENTIONED
AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL.

ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL WILL BE TAPERING...THE RUNOFF WILL BE
INCREASING THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE
AROUND 600 PM CDT.

$$

MEDLIN


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