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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
944 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008

...POWERFUL HURRICANE GUSTAV EMERGING OFF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA
AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...

.AT 800 PM EDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.4 WEST. THIS POSITION IS OVER
WESTERN CUBA.

GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL REACH THE NORTHERN
GULF ON MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 150 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS WITH AN OVERALL
SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
GUSTAV COULD REACH CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY DURING THIS PERIOD.
GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE THROUGH LANDFALL
ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT AS GUSTAV WAS MAKING LANDFALL WAS
941 MB...27.79 INCHES.

ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-310245-
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COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-
TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-
MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-
GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
944 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 /844 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008/

...POWERFUL HURRICANE GUSTAV EMERGING OFF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA
AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...MINIMAL IMPACT EXPECTED OVER
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

...NEW INFORMATION...

AS LONG AS GUSTAV FOLLOWS THE FORECAST TRACK...THERE WILL BE
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF DIRECT IMPACT TO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OUTLOOK FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA
UNDER THE HEADER MIAHWOTAE AND WMO HEADER FLUS42 KTAE FOR EXPECTED
HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE FRINGE EFFECTS OF
HURRICANE GUSTAV.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

COFFEE...DALE...HENRY...GENEVA...HOUSTON...QUITMAN...CLAY...
RANDOLPH...CALHOUN...TERRELL...DOUGHERTY...LEE...WORTH...
TURNER...TIFT...BEN HILL...IRWIN...EARLY...MILLER...BAKER...
MITCHELL...COLQUITT...COOK...BERRIEN...SEMINOLE...DECATUR...
        GRADY...THOMAS...BROOKS...LOWNDES...LANIER.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT UNLESS CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

$$

FLZ007-009>011-013-016>019-026>029-034-310245-
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INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
944 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 /844 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008/

...POWERFUL HURRICANE GUSTAV EMERGING OFF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA
AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...MINIMAL IMPACT EXPECTED OVER
INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...

...NEW INFORMATION...

AS LONG AS GUSTAV FOLLOWS THE FORECAST TRACK...THERE WILL BE
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF DIRECT IMPACT TO INLAND PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA UNDER THE HEADER MIAHWOTAE AND WMO HEADER
FLUS42 KTAE FOR EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS RELATED TO
THE FRINGE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

INLAND WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...JACKSON...CALHOUN...
GADSDEN...LEON...JEFFERSON...MADISON...LIBERTY...WAKULLA...
TAYLOR...LAFAYETTE...DIXIE.


...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT UNLESS CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

$$

GMZ730-765-310245-
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APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
944 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008

...POWERFUL HURRICANE GUSTAV EMERGING OFF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA
AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...MINIMAL IMPACT EXPECTED OVER
APALACHEE BAY AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES...

...NEW INFORMATION...

AS LONG AS GUSTAV FOLLOWS THE FORECAST TRACK...THERE WILL BE LITTLE
IN THE WAY OF DIRECT IMPACT TO APALACHEE BAY AND THE COASTAL WATERS
OF TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE
FLORIDA UNDER THE HEADER MIAHWOTAE AND WMO HEADER FLUS42 KTAE FOR
EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE FRINGE EFFECTS
OF HURRICANE GUSTAV.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM
        SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT UNLESS CONDITIONS
WARRANT.


$$

FLZ008-012-014-015-310500-
/O.CON.KTAE.TR.A.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN-
944 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 /844 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008/

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

COASTAL WALTON...BAY...GULF...FRANKLIN.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREAT FOR SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
IS EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTAV MAY PRODUCE GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE
OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

IN PREPARATION FOR THESE GUSTS...RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE
OUTDOOR ITEMS. ALSO...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

SINCE HURRICANE GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL WELL TO OUR
WEST ON MONDAY...A MAXIMUM STORM SURGE OF ONLY 1 TO 3 FEET IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AT THIS TIME.
ADDITIONALLY...ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL BE VERY LOW THROUGH
THE PERIOD...REDUCING THE RISK OF COASTAL FLOODING DUE TO STORM
SURGE. HOWEVER...SEAS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY...PEAKING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...AND SLOWLY
TRENDING DOWNWARD THROUGH THE MID WEEK PERIOD. THE COMBINATION OF
THE EASTERLY WIND WAVES AND SOUTHERLY SWELLS FROM GUSTAV WILL LEAD
TO EXTREMELY ROUGH CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO
THROUGH THIS TIME. SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO REACH
UP TO 15 TO 20 FEET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY TO
THE SOUTH OF DESTIN AND PANAMA CITY.

THIS WILL ALSO LEAD TO HAZARDOUS ALONGSHORE AND RIP CURRENTS AS
WELL AS DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF ALONG THE EASTERN PANHANDLE BEACHES
BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. SURF HEIGHTS WILL PEAK
AT 10 TO 13 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER SETS. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER...INCLUDING
EXPERIENCED SURFERS.

...WINDS...

ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREAT FOR SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
IS EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AS GUSTAV PASSES WELL WEST OR
THIS AREA...A FEW BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE HURRICANE MAY PRODUCE GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE NEAR THE
COAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...

ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE BANDS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WIDESPREAD INLAND AND RIVERINE
FLOODING IS NOT LIKELY DUE TO THE FAST MOTION OF THE SHOWERS.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE BY 12 AM CDT.

$$

GMZ750-755-770-775-310500-
/O.CON.KTAE.TR.A.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
944 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM...WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60
NM...WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO
60 NM.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...
PEAKING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...THEN SLOWLY TRENDING
DOWNWARD THROUGH THE MID WEEK PERIOD. SUSTAINED WINDS AND FREQUENT
GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATERS...
ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE
EASTERLY WIND WAVES AND SOUTHERLY SWELLS FROM GUSTAV WILL LEAD TO
EXTREMELY ROUGH CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO
THROUGH THIS TIME. SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO REACH
UP TO 15 TO 20 FEET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY TO
THE SOUTH OF DESTIN AND PANAMA CITY. ALL SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO
REMAIN IN PORT DURING THIS TIME.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE BY 1200 AM CDT.

$$

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