[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KMOB 060850 CCA
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ALZ051>056-059>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-061200-

TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECT HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
330 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA GULF COASTS...

...TROPICAL STORM CINDY CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS
OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA...AND FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF
MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AS WELL AS
ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE EXTREME WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR THE INLAND PORTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN
ALABAMA...AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...AND
OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS
STONE...GEORGE...GREENE...AND PERRY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.  WIND ADVISORIES FOR WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND FOR CHOCTAW...
WASHINGTON...CLARKE...MONROE...WILCOX...CONECUH...ESCAMBIA AND
COVINGTON IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COASTAL ALABAMA AND FOR PORTIONS
OF COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 800 AM.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 330 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.7 WEST OR JUST
EAST OF NEW ORLEANS. CINDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 14 MPH. CINDY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
THIS MORNING AND INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA BY THIS AFTERNOON.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
CINDY IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS THE CENTER CONTINUES TO MOVE
INLAND.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLE FLOODING LATER TODAY...ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING NEAR LOW
PLACES...SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
NORMAL HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON TODAY...
AND COMBINED WITH CINDY'S SURGE...COULD RESULT IN WATER LEVELS OF 3
TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THIS MAY FLOOD SOME HOMES ON THE IMMEDIATE
COAST WHERE THE ELEVATION IS LOW...ESPECIALLY ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS
AND ON SOME INLAND BAYS AND WATERWAYS.  THE INCREASED TIDE LEVELS
COULD RESULT IN EXTENSIVE WASH-UP AND ADDITIONAL EROSION ALONG AREA
BEACHES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WERE BEING REPORTED AROUND DAUPHIN ISLAND.
THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE MOVING INLAND ACROSS MOBILE COUNTY.
THESE WINDS WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO GEORGE AND STONE COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST INTO BALDWIN COUNTY IN ALABAMA BETWEEN
400 AND 600 AM.

...RIP CURRENTS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS...
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY THROUGH TODAY DUE TO
INCREASING SURF AND ONSHORE WINDS.  PEOPLE ARE DISCOURAGED FROM
SWIMMING...SURFING AND RECREATIONAL BOATING UNTIL CINDY MOVES WELL
NORTH OF THE AREA.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS AROUND 10 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE
SOUTHWEST PART OF MOBILE COUNTY SINCE 200 AM.  THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL
CONTINUE SPREADING INTO ALL OF MOBILE COUNTY AND INTO GEORGE AND
STONE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 400 AND 500 AM AND INTO
WASHINGTON COUNTY BETWEEN 500 AND 600 AM.  FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE
IN EFFECT FOR MOBILE AND GEORGE COUNTIES.  A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG AREA RIVERS
NEED TO MONITOR CINDY'S PATH AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND
SHOULD RIVER FLOODING DEVELOP.

...TORNADO THREAT...
THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.  THE GREATEST
THREAT OF TORNADOES IS TYPICALLY EAST OF THE CENTER OF CINDY.

...NEW INFORMATION...
AS CINDY CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THE MOBILE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WILL
CONTINUE TO ISSUE HOURLY SHORT TERM FORECASTS (BHMNOWMOB).  THIS
PRODUCT WILL CONTAIN INFORMATION OF THE LOCATION OF HIGHEST WINDS...
HEAVIEST RAINS AND THE CENTER OF CINDY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 700 AM.

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