[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1035 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...HURRICANE DENNIS HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM
DENNIS AS IT MOVES NORTH ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA...

...THE INLAND HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WARNING THROUGH NOON CDT MONDAY.  AN INLAND TROPICAL
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECTS THROUGH NOON CDT MONDAY FOR ALL COUNTIES
SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

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

...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED.  THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS
DECREASED...BUT IF INSTABILITY INCREASES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
AND ISOLATED TORNADO WOULD BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF ALICEVILLE
TO COLUMBIANA TO ROANOKE LINE...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CDT MONDAY
FOR ALL OF THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN BIRMINGHAM.

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

...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED.  THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS
DECREASED...BUT IF INSTABILITY INCREASES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
AND ISOLATED TORNADO WOULD BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF ALICEVILLE
TO COLUMBIANA TO ROANOKE LINE...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS LOCATED INLAND
NEAR LATITUDE 32.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.8 WEST...OR IN CENTRAL
MARENGO COUNTY.

DENNIS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  THIS
GENERAL MOTION WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  IT IS EXPECTED TO BE DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION AT THE 5 AM ADVISORY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY A NOAA
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY INDOORS IN A STURDY SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  KEEP YOUR
PETS INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE MONDAY MORNING.

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AND IS
LIKELY TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AS A RESULT
OF HEAVY RAIN FROM DENNIS.  FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS
AT NIGHT WHERE WATER MAY 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 HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA FROM DENNIS.  TO REPORT DOWN POWER LINES TO ALABAMA POWER
PLEASE CALL 800 8 8 8 2 7 2 6.  IF 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.

AS CLEAN UP EFFORTS START TOMORROW...PLEASE BE CAREFUL AROUND ANY
DOWNED POWER LINES AND USING ANY TYPE OF MACHINERY.  TRADITIONALLY...
MORE PEOPLE DIE DURING CLEAN UP EFFORTS THAN FROM THE ACTUAL STORM
ITSELF.

...WIND IMPACTS...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TWENTY MILES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE EYE.
THE EYE WILL TRACK ALONG A LINDEN TO FAYETTE LINE.


AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES
SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.  WINDS
WILL BE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  HIGHER GUSTS TO 60 MPH
ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE EYE AND ON THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS.  SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED.

WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE DENNIS...
2 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA DURING THE OVERNIGHT WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WEST
OF INTERSTATE 65.

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

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...
THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED.  THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS
DECREASED...BUT IF INSTABILITY INCREASES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
AND ISOLATED TORNADO WOULD BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF ALICEVILLE
TO COLUMBIANA TO ROANOKE LINE.


...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.

TO REPORT DOWN POWER LINES TO PLEASE CALL ALABAMA POWER AT 800-888-
2726.

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 ALTERED 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 2 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

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