[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1240 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005

...TROPICAL STORM KATRINA MOVING THROUGH 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 THIS
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 UNTIL 10 AM THIS 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.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR HAMILTON ALABAMA IN WINSTON COUNTY ALABAMA.

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 INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY
MORNING AND INTO KENTUCKY LATER TODAY.

...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 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 WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY UNTIL MORNING. SUSTAINED EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF
30 TO 40 MPH...AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 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 FURTHER QUARTER TO A HALF
OF AN INCH ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA TO UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE
ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH 4 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 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 4 AM CDT.

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TROUTMAN












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