[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KHUN 111153
HLSHUN
ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-111500-

TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADLINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
645 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

...THE REMNANTS OF DENNIS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND MOVE INTO
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI OUT OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
ALL INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED AS
OBSERVATIONS SHOW SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW TROPICAL
STORM FORCE OVER THE AREAS PREVIOUSLY IN THE WARNING. A FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY
WARNING AREA...BUT MAY BE DROPPED LATER TODAY AS THE REMNANTS OF
DENNIS MOVES FURTHER NORTHWEST AWAY FROM THE AREA. FOR THE
LATEST...PLEASE SEE THE PRODUCT HUNFFAHUN.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR
DEKALB...JACKSON...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...MORGAN...
CULLMAN...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...COLBERT...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN
NORTH ALABAMA...AND LINCOLN...MOORE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 6 AM CDT...THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF
TUPELO MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 16
MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE AT OR JUST BELOW 30 MPH...LIKELY
CONFINED VERY NEAR THE STORM CENTER.  IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WERE CONTINUING AT 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT
TIMES OVER 30 MPH WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS.  WINDS WERE RUNNING 15 TO 20
MPH...GUSTING AROUND 30 MPH ELSEWHERE.

...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 GENERALLY REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25
MPH RANGE...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH AND NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH NOON. SATURATED SOILS WILL RESULT AS RAINFALL PERSISTS.

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 MID
MORNING. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED
FAST DEVELOPING BRIEF TORNADOES BY LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THIS
AFTERNOON AS SUNSHINE DESTABILIZES THE AIRMASS AND COMBINES WITH
ALREADY HIGH AMOUNTS OF WIND SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF
DENNIS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCAL STATEMENT REGARDING
THE REMNANTS OF DENNIS.

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TROUTMAN







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