[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
710 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...TROPICAL STORM KATRINA MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TOWARD
NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

...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 WILL BE 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 WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVICED BY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA AND
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 5 AM CDT ON TUESDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA...IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT NEAR 18 MPH...AND A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE
CENTER WILL BE MOVING OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT
AND INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE ON TUESDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL FINAL PREPARATIONS ARE IN PLACE AS THE
POTENTIAL FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO REACH THE AREA BY MID TO
LATE EVENING. ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE...
INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. MAKE FINAL PLANS NOW TO
MOVE OUTDOOR PETS TO A SAFE INDOOR LOCATION BY THIS EVENING...
CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

...INLAND WIND IMPACTS...
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA AT 15 TO 30 MPH...WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS RAINBANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE TO
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH BY 9 PM ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA ALONG
AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. SPECIFICALLY...AN AREA OF HIGH WINDS
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE CENTER OF KATRINA WILL MOVE INTO CULLMAN
COUNTY ALABAMA BY 730 PM...AND INTO FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE AND MORGAN
COUNTIES BY 8 PM. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THESE AREAS TO BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH...WITH SOME WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH. THE HIGHER
WINDS WILL THEN MOVE INTO LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE AND MADISON
COUNTIES BY AROUND 9 PM...AND INTO LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES IN
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY AROUND 10 PM.

FOR AREAS MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS TONIGHT SHOULD MAINLY AFFECT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
THE RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH ACROSS
MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH 10 PM.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH
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 THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 5 AM TUESDAY MORNING.

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

$$

TROUTMAN








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