[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

Tue Nov 10 00:03:11 CST 2009

WTUS84 KMOB 100602
HLSMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IDA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1202 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2009

...IDA SLOWS DOWN AND WEAKENS A LITTLE MORE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND
COASTAL WATER LEGS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND GULF COASTAL WATERS
DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF GULF COASTAL WATERS
DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 12 AM CST...THE CENTER OF POORLY DEFINED TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 55
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. IDA HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS
NOW MOVING TO THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-
NORTHEAST WITH A FURTHER DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SLOWER AND MORE NORTHERLY MOVEMENT
NOW HAS IDA MAKING LANDFALL NEAR THE ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI BORDER IN THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS. AFTER LANDFALL...IDA IS EXPECTED TO TURN
EASTWARD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
AND SOME WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...IDA IS MOVING MORE SLOWLY AND IS EXPECTED TO SLOW
DOWN FURTHER OVERNIGHT. ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK...THIS SLOWER
MOVEMENT WILL HAVE IDA MAKE LANDFALL NEAR THE ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI
BORDER LATE TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER
EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT WHEN
IDA MOVES ASHORE WITH WINDS CONTINUING TO DECREASE THROUGH TUESDAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AROUND 2 AM CST.

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INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1202 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 12 AM CST...THE CENTER OF POORLY DEFINED TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 55
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. IDA HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS
NOW MOVING TO THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-
NORTHEAST WITH A FURTHER DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SLOWER AND MORE NORTHERLY MOVEMENT
NOW HAS IDA MAKING LANDFALL NEAR THE ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI BORDER IN
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AFTER LANDFALL...IDA IS EXPECTED TO TURN
EASTWARD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
AND SOME WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIND GUST OF 62 MPH WAS REPORTED EARLIER THIS EVENING
AT ALABAMA PORT IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...MAINLY NEAR
THE COAST...AND NEAR THE COAST OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL. THE SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND
GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA INTO TUESDAY MORNING THEN DECREASE OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY. GUSTS OF 50 TO
60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH
FURTHER INLAND UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY. POWER OUTAGES ARE
A REAL POSSIBILITY WITH IDA TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

&&

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MOBILE
AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA.  ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE ANTICIPATED. AT
THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HIGHEST TIDE HEIGHTS WILL BE WEST OF
FORT MORGAN ALABAMA AND IN THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE.  THE TIME OF
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 AM ACROSS
THE REGION. THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM RELATED FLOODING DUE TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM IDA DURING THIS TIME. THERE HAVE
ALREADY BEEN REPORTS OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS DAUPHIN ISLAND
WITH WATER REPORTED FROM ST. STEPHENS ROAD TO THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN
ISLAND...AND WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER ROADWAYS AT FORT PICKENS IN
SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
CURRENT RAINFALL RATES ARE GENERALLY ONE INCH PER HOUR OR LESS EXCEPT
FOR HIGHER RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR OVER COASTAL
BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA AND COASTAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. RAINFALL
OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 8 INCHES...CAN
BE EXPECTED. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR
LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR.

&&

...TORNADOES...
DUE TO VERY STABLE AIR NEAR THE COAST...THE TORNADO THREAT IS LOW.
IF A TORNADO WERE TO OCCUR IT WOULD BE MAINLY OVER THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE EAST OF PENSACOLA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

&&

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
MODERATE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE WEST END OF
DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND WAVES. RIP CURRENTS
ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF...AND SWIMMERS
SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

&&

$$

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UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-
1202 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 12 AM CST...THE CENTER OF POORLY DEFINED TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 55
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. IDA HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS
NOW MOVING TO THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-
NORTHEAST WITH A FURTHER DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SLOWER AND MORE NORTHERLY MOVEMENT
NOW HAS IDA MAKING LANDFALL NEAR THE ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI BORDER IN
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AFTER LANDFALL...IDA IS EXPECTED TO TURN
EASTWARD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
AND SOME WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE INLAND PORTION OF
MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THEN GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
CURRENT RAINFALL RATES ARE LESS THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR BUT HIGHER
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH NOON TUESDAY.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND
8 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR
YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR.

&&

$$

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1202 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 12 AM CST...THE CENTER OF POORLY DEFINED TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 55
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. IDA HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS
NOW MOVING TO THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-
NORTHEAST WITH A FURTHER DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SLOWER AND MORE NORTHERLY MOVEMENT
NOW HAS IDA MAKING LANDFALL NEAR THE ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI BORDER IN
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AFTER LANDFALL...IDA IS EXPECTED TO TURN
EASTWARD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
AND SOME WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

&&

...WINDS...
GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SPREAD
INLAND INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN
TO SUBSIDE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...THEN SUBSIDE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
CURRENT RAINFALL RATES ARE ONE INCH PER HOUR OR LESS BUT HIGHER
RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH NOON TUESDAY.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND
8 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR
YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR.

&&

$$

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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-
1202 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2009

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 12 AM CST...THE CENTER OF POORLY DEFINED TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 55
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. IDA HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS
NOW MOVING TO THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-
NORTHEAST WITH A FURTHER DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SLOWER AND MORE NORTHERLY MOVEMENT
NOW HAS IDA MAKING LANDFALL NEAR THE ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI BORDER IN
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AFTER LANDFALL...IDA IS EXPECTED TO TURN
EASTWARD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
AND SOME WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOW BE IN PORT AND BE WELL SECURED.

&&

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE
MARINE AREA WITH GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE NEAR THE IMMEDIATE
COAST AND OVER INLAND BAYS AND WATERWAYS. A WIND GUST OF 41 KNOTS WAS
REPORTED RECENTLY AT BUOY 42012...JUST SOUTH OF ORANGE BEACH ALABAMA.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE BAYS AND INLAND
WATERWAYS OVERNIGHT. THE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL
STORM FORCE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.

&&

...MARINE...
SEAS OVER THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS WILL
INCREASE TO A MAXIMUM OF 17 TO 23 FEET WITHIN 20 NM OF THE COAST AND
21 TO 26 FEET FROM 20 TO 60 NM THROUGH TONIGHT.  THE SEAS WILL
SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 15 FEET OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

&&

$$

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