[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KJAN 102219
HLSJAN
MSZ026>033-036>039-042>046-048>052-055>058-063>066-072>074-112230-

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

...HURRICANE DENNIS CONTINUES A NORTH NORTHWEST TRACK INTO SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
INTO MONDAY MORNING...

...INLAND HURRICANE WARNINGS AND INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF 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 A LINE
FROM GRENADA TO CARTHAGE TO RALEIGH TO PURVIS.

...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...KEMPER...AND
LAUDERDALE.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ATTALA...CARROLL...
CHOCTAW...CLAY...COVINGTON...GRENADA...LEAKE...LOWNDES...
MONTGOMERY...NOXUBEE...OKTIBBEHA...RANKIN...SCOTT...SMITH...
WEBSTER...AND WINSTON.

THE INLAND HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AND REPLACED WITH
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR FORREST...JASPER...JONES...
LAMAR...NESHOBA...AND NEWTON COUNTIES FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.

THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AND REPLACED
WITH A WIND ADVISORY FOR HINDS...HOLMES...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAWRENCE...
LEFLORE...MADISON...MARION...RANKIN...SIMPSON AND YAZOO COUNTIES FROM THIS
EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
LINCOLN AND COPIAH COUNTIES FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

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

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GRENADA...TO CARTHAGE...TO
RALEIGH...TO PURVIS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM CDT...THE CENTER HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
31.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.4 WEST. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 105 MILES
EAST OF HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI OR AROUND 115 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MILES AN
HOUR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SHELTERS ARE OPEN IN SOME AREAS. IN ADDITION CURFEWS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
IN A FEW CITIES THROUGHOUT EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE...WATCH LOCAL TV...OR LISTEN TO RADIO FOR
LOCATIONS OF THESE SHELTERS AND CURFEW TIMES. YOU CAN ALSO REFER TO
THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE AT: WWW.MSEMA.ORG.

...INLAND WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...ARE ANTICIPATED
THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE WINDS
WILL PERSIST ROUGHLY UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MILES AN
HOUR...WILL SPREAD NORTHWESTWARD THIS EVENING...AFFECTING PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. EXPECT RAPIDLY DETERIORATING
CONDITIONS WITH WIND BLOWN RAIN.

IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...PARTICULARLY IN CLARKE...KEMPER AND
LAUDERDALE COUNTIES...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 70
TO 80 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2 AM. THE LOW
CENTER WILL MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND 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 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE.

DENNIS WILL CONTINUE WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INLAND 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 OR JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH
AS ITS CENTER APPROACHES EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
THIS COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD AND LENGTHY POWER OUTAGES AS
THOUSANDS OF TREES ARE BLOWN DOWN.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 7 PM CDT.

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