[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1007 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT 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 IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST OR NEAR
COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT NEAR 22 MPH. SOME
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...KATRINA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND
IN KENTUCKY ON TUESDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE MOVE INDOORS AND STAY THERE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS MOVE NORTH OUT OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. IF WATER BEGINS TO COVER
THE ROAD OR RISES RAPIDLY AT YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

...INLAND WIND IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY. SUSTAINED EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH...AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
THE RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN
INCH ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA TO UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS
NORTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH 1 AM.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RISES ON AREA CREEKS...
STREAMS AND RIVERS.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
ISOLATED TORNADOES IN RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS 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 1 AM CDT.

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