[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KJAN 101919 RRA
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MSZ026>033-036>039-042>046-048>052-055>058-063>066-072>074-111615-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
215 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE DENNIS CONTINUES MARCHING TOWARD
THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST...

...INLAND HURRICANE WARNINGS AND INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS
OF CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 55.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CLARKE...FORREST...
JASPER...JONES...KEMPER...LAMAR...LAUDERDALE...NESHOBA...AND NEWTON.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ATTALA...CARROLL...
CHOCTAW...CLAY...COVINGTON...GRENADA...HINDS...HOLMES... JEFFERSON
DAVIS...LAWRENCE...LEAKE...LEFLORE...LOWNDES...MADISON...MARION...
MONTGOMERY...NOXUBEE...OKTIBBEHA...RANKIN...SCOTT...SIMPSON...SMITH
...WEBSTER...WINSTON...YAZOO...

THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS UNDER A WIND ADVISORY
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...WITH LAKE WIND ADVISORIES FOR NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI...
GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.0 WEST.  THIS IS ABOUT 150 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI OR AROUND 180 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MILES AN
HOUR....AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. THE
EYEWALL OF DENNIS IS JUST NOW REACHING THE COAST...AND THE CENTER
OF DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL JUST EAST OF PENSACOLA
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

DENNIS CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WEAKEN...AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
NOW NEAR 120 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  DENNIS IS NOW A CATEGORY
THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. NO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL. THE
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 943
MB...27.85 INCHES.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SHELTERS ARE OPEN IN SOME AREAS.  PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE...WATCH LOCAL TV...OR LISTEN TO RADIO FOR
LOCATIONS OF THESE SHELTERS.  YOU CAN ALSO REFER TO THE MISSISSIPPI
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE AT: WWW.MSEMA.ORG.

RESIDENTS OF EAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THEIR
PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...AS WELL
AS TORRENTIAL RAIN LATE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SECURE ANY
OUTDOOR ITEMS THAT COULD BECOME AIRBORNE SINCE HIGH WINDS WILL
PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS THE STORM PASSES.

...INLAND WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO HURRICANE FORCE...ARE
ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP AFTER 500 PM TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.  IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50
MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 70 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE
ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A LAUREL TO ROSE HILL TO DE KALB LINE TONIGHT.
AS THE LOW CENTER APPROACHES PORTIONS OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR
AFTER 3 AM MONDAY MORNING...NEAR THE STARKVILLE AND COLUMBUS
MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITIES...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH AND GUSTS TO 70
MILE AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MILES AN
HOUR...ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AFTER 7 PM.  THESE WINDS SHOULD THEN
SPREAD WEST AND NORTH...AFFECTING COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE JACKSON METRO AREA. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND
THAT ANY WESTWARD SHIFT IN THE TRACK OF DENNIS WILL SPREAD STRONGER
WINDS WEST OF THIS LINE.

DENNIS WILL CONTINUE WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INLAND...AS IT MOVES
ALONG A TRACK TOWARD EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  THE HIGHEST WINDS
WILL BE ALONG AND NEAR THE CENTER OF DENNIS...WHERE TREES AND POWER
LINES WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN DOWN OR SEVERELY DAMAGED. DAMAGE TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS OF BUILDINGS...AND OTHER STRUCTURE DAMAGE IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.

DENNIS IS FORECAST TO REMAIN AT HURRICANE STRENGTH WELL INLAND...
POSSIBLY EVEN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD AND LENGTHY
POWER OUTAGES AS THOUSANDS OF TREES ARE BLOWN DOWN.

...NEW INFORMATION...
ALTERATIONS TO THE CURRENT ADVISORIES...WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE
MADE WITH THE 4 PM UPDATE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY
AFTER 4 PM CDT.
$$


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