[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KJAN 110410
HLSJAN
MSZ026>033-036>039-042>046-048>052-055>058-063>066-072>074-112230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1109 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...TROPICAL STORM DENNIS CONTINUES A NORTH NORTHWEST TRACK INTO WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WILL AFFECT EAST MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
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 FOREST TO LAUREL.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS
INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF WEBSTER...CLAY...LOWNDES... CHOCTAW...
OKTIBBEHA...WINSTON...NOXUBEE...NESHOBA...NEWTON...JASPER.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING FOR THE COUNTIES OF GRENADA...MONTGOMERY...ATTALA...
LEAKE...SCOTT...SMITH...JONES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDES
THE COUNTIES OF WEBSTER...CLAY...LOWNDES...CHOCTAW...
OKTIBBEHA...WINSTON...NOXUBEE...NESHOBA...KEMPER...NEWTON...
LAUDERDALE ...JASPER...CLARKE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 32.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.8 WEST. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 55
MILES EAST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI AND 90 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS
MISSISSIPPI.

DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 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 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH
WILL SPREAD NORTHWESTWARD LATE THIS EVENING...AFFECTING PORTIONS OF
EAST AND NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THE LOW CENTER WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHEAST NOXUBEE AND LOWNDES COUNTY BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM. WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE STORM
MOVES THROUGH THESE COUNTIES.

DENNIS WILL CONTINUE WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INLAND ALONG A TRACK
TOWARD NORTHEAST 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 TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AS ITS
CENTER APPROACHES NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS
COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES AS TREES AND POWERLINES ARE BLOWN
DOWN.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 AM
CDT.

$$

BYRD








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