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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
200 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

...TROPICAL STORM DENNIS MOVES NORTH ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA...

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

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM THROUGH NOON CDT
MONDAY...

...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.  THIS WILL MOST LIKELY BE REVISED AT THE NEXT UPDATE
AND REPLACED BY A WIND ADVISORY.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 AM CDT...0700Z...TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS LOCATED WELL INLAND
NEAR LATITUDE 32.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.4 WEST...OR JUST EAST OF
MERIDIAN.

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 REPORTED BY A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT AT THE 10 PM ADVISORY 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 THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.  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 800-888-2726.  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 AFTER DAYBREAK...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 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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 50 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...3 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.


...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.


...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL MOST LIKELY BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED
FOR TROPICAL STORM DENNIS.  IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL BE DOWNGRADED TO A WIND ADVISORY AT 4
AM.

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