[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KMOB 240144
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
844 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST ALONG
OR THE I-10 CORRIDOR IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS
EVENING...AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...

AT 7 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED INLAND
OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST...OR VERY NEAR CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.

FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. THIS MOTION WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT DAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...FAY WILL BE MOVING
OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI ON SUNDAY. LITTLE FORWARD
MOTION IS FORECAST ON MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND FAY IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY TOMORROW.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES OVER WATER
TO THE SOUTH OF THE THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

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UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
844 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED INLAND
OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST...OR VERY NEAR CRESTVIEW FLORIDA. FLOODING AND
TORNADOES REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT AS WE ADVANCE INTO THE NIGHT TIME
HOURS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

MOBILE AND BALDWIN

AS WELL AS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA
PANHANDLE OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA
AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOBILE AND BALDWIN
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AS WELL AS
PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED INLAND
OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST...OR VERY NEAR CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.

FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. THIS MOTION WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT DAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...FAY WILL BE MOVING
OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI ON SUNDAY. LITTLE
FORWARD MOTION IS FORECAST ON MONDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A MAJOR HAZARD FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY IS FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS IN
FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CHECK THEIR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS TODAY.
STAY INFORMED AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. ALSO STAY TUNED FOR THE ISSUANCE OF TORNADO
WARNINGS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS TOUR LOCAL ATMOSPHERE
BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TORNADOES. HAVING A NOAA
WEATHER RADIO HANDY COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
LOCAL REPORTS CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED CITING THAT ASTRONOMICAL TIDES
CONTINUE TO RUN TWO FEET BELOW NORMAL DUE TO A PERSISTENT OFFSHORE
WIND. THIS WILL CHANGE. BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK AND
SPEED...MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS ALONG THE COAST COULD REACH
2 TO 4 FEET IN SOME AREAS. AS FAYE'S CENTER MOVES GENERALLY WESTWARD
...MAXIMUM STORM TIDES WILL EFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS FROM DESTIN TO
PENSACOLA LATE BEGINNING THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...AND FROM
PENSACOLA TO PASCAGOULA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS BETWEEN 2 AM AND 5 AM OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

A HIGH RISK OF VERY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF AT AREA
BEACHES WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF DURING
THIS EVENT WILL BE ENDANGERING THEIR LIVES. MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH
EROSION ALONG THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALABAMA GULF COAST
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND.

...WINDS...
THE LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS CONTINUE TO
INDICATE SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER LAND AREAS CLOSE TO THE COAST...AND 25 TO
35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.

WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH BY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS THE
CENTER OF FAY MOVES BY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD
FARTHER TO THE WEST ACROSS MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OVERNIGHT AND
INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS NEAR 40 KNOTS
WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL AFFECT THE GULF WATERS OFF DESTIN...NAVARRE
AND PENSACOLA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WILL SPREAD WESTWARD ACROSS THE ALABAMA GULF COASTAL WATERS LATER THIS
EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SEAS FROM 8 TO 10
FEET ARE FORECAST OVER THE GULF WATERS.


...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY RAINS WILL ONSET FROM EAST TO WEST TONIGHT. DURING THE 30 HOUR
PERIOD ENDING 1 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING...SOME 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN
COULD FALL ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND 15 INCHES
POSSIBLE IN PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN BANDS ON THE EAST AND NORTHEAST
SIDE OF FAY. THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL SHOULD BE ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. HEAVY RAINS ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT WESTWARD ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI FROM LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE CENTER
OF FAY MOVES WESTWARD.

THE FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING
IN THE SHORT-TERM. IN THE LONGER TERM...WIDESPREAD MODERATE FLOODING
OF RIVERS AND STREAMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY
OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHERE HEAVIER
RAINS ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST AND ARE NO OCCURRING.

...TORNADOES...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES IN OUTER RAIN BANDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS FAY
MOVES WESTWARD. THE RAIN BANDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF FAY ARE MOST APT
TO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE BY 11 PM.

$$

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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
844 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED INLAND
OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST...OR VERY NEAR CRESTVIEW FLORIDA. FLOODING AND
TORNADOES REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT AS WE ADVANCE INTO THE NIGHT TIME
HOURS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

INLAND SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

COVINGTON...ESCAMBIA...CONECUH...CRENSHAW...MONROE...WILCOX...CLARKE...
WASHINGTON AND BUTLER.

INLAND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

WAYNE...PERRY...GREENE...STONE AND GEORGE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BUTLER...CRENSHAW AND WILCOX
COUNTIES OF ALABAMA UNTIL 3 AM CDT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AS WELL AS
PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED INLAND
OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST...OR VERY NEAR CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.

FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. THIS MOTION WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT DAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...FAY WILL BE MOVING
OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI ON SUNDAY. LITTLE
FORWARD MOTION IS FORECAST ON MONDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A MAJOR HAZARD FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY IS FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS IN
FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CHECK THEIR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS TODAY.
STAY INFORMED AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. ALSO STAY TUNED FOR THE ISSUANCE OF TORNADO
WARNINGS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS TOUR LOCAL ATMOSPHERE
BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TORNADOES. HAVING A NOAA
WEATHER RADIO HANDY COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!

...WINDS...
THE LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS CONTINUE TO
INDICATE SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER LAND AREAS.

WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH BY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS THE
CENTER OF FAY MOVES BY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD
FARTHER TO THE WEST ACROSS MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OVERNIGHT AND
INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY RAINS WILL ONSET FROM EAST TO WEST TONIGHT. DURING THE 30 HOUR
PERIOD ENDING 1 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING...SOME 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN
COULD FALL ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND 15 INCHES
POSSIBLE IN PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN BANDS ON THE EAST AND NORTHEAST
SIDE OF FAY. THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL SHOULD BE ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. HEAVY RAINS ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT WESTWARD ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI FROM LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE CENTER
OF FAY MOVES WESTWARD.

THE FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH
FLOODING IN THE SHORT-TERM. IN THE LONGER TERM... WIDESPREAD MODERATE FLOODING
OF RIVERS AND STREAMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY
OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHERE HEAVIER
RAINS ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST AND ARE NO OCCURRING.

...TORNADOES...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES IN OUTER RAIN BANDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS FAY
MOVES WESTWARD. THE RAIN BANDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF FAY ARE MOST APT
TO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE BY 11 PM.

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