[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
431 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...HURRICANE DENNIS MADE LANDFALL NEAR PENSACOLA FLORIDA AROUND
230 PM CDT AS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE AND IS WEAKENING AS IT
MOVES NORTH INTO ALABAMA...

...INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CDT MONDAY
ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO
TROY LINE...

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CDT
MONDAY NORTHEAST OF A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO
TROY LINE...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH
NOON CDT MONDAY...

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA EXCEPT FOR MARION AND WINSTON COUNTIES...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CDT MONDAY
ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO
TROY LINE.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CDT MONDAY
NORTHEAST OF A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO TROY LINE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH
NOON CDT MONDAY.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA EXCEPT FOR MARION AND WINSTON COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST...OR ABOUT
20 MILES NORTH OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.

DENNIS IS MOVING NORTH NEAR 21 MPH.  A GENERAL NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD
TRACK WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
DENNIS IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM LATER TONIGHT.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 950 MB...28.05 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND
TRASH CANS...OR MOVE THEM INDOORS.  BRING YOUR PETS INDOORS.

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE A PROBLEM AS
A RESULT OF VERY HEAVY RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH DENNIS.
FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT WHERE WATER
CAN QUICKLY FLOOD ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.  IN ADDITION...
VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED IN THE DARK.  DO NOT TRY TO CROSS
FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

POWER OUTAGES ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK
OF DENNIS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST OF A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA
TO CLANTON TO TROY LINE.  IF THE POWER OUTAGES LAST FOR ANY
DURATION AND A GENERATOR IS NECESSARY...PLEASE REMEMBER THAT
GENERATOR USE INDOORS CAN BE DEADLY SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE GAS
IS PRODUCED.  GENERATORS SHOULD NOT BE USED INDOORS...BUT IF NO
ALTERNATIVE EXISTS...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OPERATING GENERATORS
INDOORS AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE VENTILATION FOR THE MACHINE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND
SOUTHWEST OF A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO TROY LINE.
WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING.  THE STRONGEST
WINDS...40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH...WILL OCCUR IN
THESE AFFECTED AREAS THROUGH 3 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.  THESE WINDS
WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY DAYBREAK MONDAY MORNING.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS
NORTHEAST OF A REFORM TO TUSCALOOSA TO CLANTON TO TROY LINE.
WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY TONIGHT
WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING MAINLY BETWEEN 7 PM CDT AND
4 AM CDT.  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE DENNIS...
5 TO 8 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALL ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
THROUGH NOON CDT MONDAY.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF THE CURRENT
TRACK OF DENNIS...MAINLY AREAS EAST OF A HAMILTON TO TUSCALOOSA
TO DEMOPOLIS LINE.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL BETWEEN 6 PM CDT
AND 2 AM CDT SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AND BETWEEN 8 PM CDT AND
6 AM CDT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS 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
FROM DENNIS WILL AGGRAVATE RIVER CONDITIONS.  RIVER FLOODING COULD
BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM BY MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.
THIS FLOODING WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS.  BE PREPARED TO TAKE
QUICK ACTION WHEN AND IF THE WATERS BEGIN RISING.

...TORNADO THREAT...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF A HAMILTON TO TUSCALOOSA
TO DEMOPOLIS LINE TONIGHT.  THIS TORNADO THREAT WILL EXIST THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON.  IF TORNADOES DEVELOP...THEY WILL LIKELY BE
RAIN-WRAPPED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL BUT MARION
AND WINSTON COUNTIES.

...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS SET UP A HOT LINE
FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION IN SOUTH ALABAMA.  THE ACCESS NUMBER
IS 1-888-588-2848.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM WILL NOT ISSUE ANY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING DURING
THIS TROPICAL EVENT.  WIND WARNINGS MAY BE ADJUSTED DEPENDING ON
THE LATEST TRACK OF DENNIS.  IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY DANGEROUS SPIRAL
BAND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS WILL
BE ISSUED.  IF ROTATION IS OBSERVED...TORNADO WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE ISSUED.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
WILL BE ISSUED.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
BY 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

&&

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MBS/91



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