[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
653 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THOUGH MONDAY MORNING...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PERTAINS TO ALL CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES SERVICED BY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
SUNDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH MONDAY MORNING.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 600 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.2 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA....OR ABOUT 590 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14
MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF DENNIS WILL BE APPROACHING THE ALABAMA
GULF COAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE STORM.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...
OR MOVE THEM INDOORS.  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE
A PROBLEM DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH DENNIS.
FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...WHERE WATER CAN
QUICKLY FLOOD ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS AND VISIBILITIES ARE
LIMITED IN THE DARK. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN
AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST
TRACK OF DENNIS. IF THE POWER OUTAGES LAST FOR ANY DURATION AND A
GENERATOR IS NECESSARY...PLEASE REMEMBER THAT GENERATOR USE INDOORS
CAN BE DEADLY DUE TO THE CARBON MONOXIDE GAS PRODUCED. USE EXTREME
CAUTION WHEN OPERATING GENERATORS INDOORS AND PROVIDE
ADEQUATE VENTILATION FOR THE MACHINE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS OUTER RAIN BANDS MOVE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA. WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE NEAR
THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. MORE DETAILED TIME...LOCATION...AND
STRENGTH WILL BE PROVIDED AS THE FORECAST TRACK BECOMES BETTER
ESTABLISHED.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF DENNIS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF
RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS ANTICIPATED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING. RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST
MONTH HAS LED TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING.

WITH ABOVE NORMAL RIVER FLOW IN MANY LOCATIONS...HEAVY RAINFALL IN
ASSOCIATION WITH DENNIS WILL AGGRAVATE RIVER CONDITIONS. RIVER
FLOODING COULD BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY
ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY
9 AM CDT THIS MORNING.


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