[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
106 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL STORM DENNIS ENTERS NORTHWEST
ALABAMA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT COVERS NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
COUNTIES SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM
MONDAY EVENING FOR COLBERT...CULLMAN...FRANKLIN...LAUDERDALE...AND
LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN ALABAMA.  IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS WILL BE
DOWNGRADED LATER THIS MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM MONDAY EVENING FOR
DEKALB...JACKSON...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...AND MORGAN
COUNTIES IN ALABAMA...AND FRANKLIN...LINCOLN...AND MOORE COUNTIES IN
TENNESSEE.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM MONDAY FOR ALL COUNTIES
COVERED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HUNTSVILLE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 AM CDT...DENNIS REMAINED A TROPICAL STORM AND WAS LOCATED JUST
SOUTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE AT OR JUST
BELOW 50 MPH...LIKELY CONFINED VERY NEAR THE STORM CENTER.  IN
NORTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS HAD INCREASED TO 15 TO
25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES OVER 35 MPH WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS.  WINDS
WERE RUNNING 15 TO 20 MPH...GUSTING AROUND 30 MPH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE...INCLUDING PATIO
FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. IN ADDITION...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
AND HIGHER GUSTS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER
LINES...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA.

...INLAND WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH
MORNING...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
OCCURRING BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM.  DURING THIS PERIOD...SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN THE
HEAVIER SHOWERS.

ELSEWHERE...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH
BRIEF GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND FRANKLIN COUNTY TENNESSEE.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OVERSPREAD
MAINLY WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH DAYBREAK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY 6
AM WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.  SATURATED SOILS WILL RESULT AS RAINFALL
PERSISTS INTO MONDAY.

MEANWHILE...FURTHER EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 INCLUDING THE HUNTSVILLE
METRO AREA...NARROW BANDS OF INTENSE RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH A BIT MORE LOCALIZED...HEAVY RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY YET OCCUR.

STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN RISES ON AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. LOCALLY
HEAVIER RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA...CLOSEST
TO THE STORM CENTER.  MORE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN TOTALS ARE EXPECTED
FURTHER EAST INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND
FRANKLIN COUNTY TENNESSEE.

...TORNADO THREAT...
THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADO THREAT REMAINS LIMITED THROUGH 6 AM.
HOWEVER...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR FAST DEVELOPING BRIEF
TORNADOES MONDAY MORNING AS SUNSHINE DESTABILIZES THE AIRMASS AND
COMBINES WITH ALREADY HIGH AMOUNTS OF WIND SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH
DENNIS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE
ISSUED BY 4 AM CDT.

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KULA






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