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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IDA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
448 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009

...IDA MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD TOWARD THE GULF COAST AS IT
WEAKENS A LITTLE MORE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHERN GEORGIA...AND NORTHERN
FLORIDA AS WELL AS THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF DESTIN
EASTWARD TO THE AUCILLA RIVER.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
WALTON...BAY...GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA AND GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN
FLORIDA...BAY...CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...FRANKLIN...
GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...
LEON...LIBERTY...WAKULLA AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA...BAKER...
DECATUR...EARLY...GRADY...MILLER...MITCHELL...SEMINOLE AND THOMAS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 AM EST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 60 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.. THIS IS ABOUT 170 MILES WEST
OF PANAMA CITY FL. IDA IS NOW MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 9 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WITH IDA HAVE DECREASED TO 50 MPH.

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

EVEN THOUGH IDA HAS BEEN WEAKENING...IT CONTINUES TO PRODUCE STORM
SURGE AND HIGH SURF ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND COAST
LINE. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST NEED
TO BE AWARE AND ALERT FOR FLOODED AREAS ALONG THE COAST THIS
MORNING. SOME AREA ROADS...PARTICULARLY IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE
SAN BLAS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT OR WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE IS UNLIKELY AS IDA HAS WEAKENED...LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH
AS GARBAGE CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND DEAD TREE LIMBS SHOULD
REMAIN SECURED DUE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS LIKELY CONTINUING
THROUGH THE MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND BE
SECURED UNTIL WARNINGS ARE CANCELLED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-
348 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED ALONG THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST THIS MORNING. AT 140 AM CST...TYNDALL
AIR FORCE BASE REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 48 MPH. SLIGHTLY LOWER WIND
GUSTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PANAMA CITY AND ALONG THE WALTON
COUNTY COAST. TIDE GAGES IN THE AREA CONTINUE TO SHOW HIGH WATER
LEVELS ALONG THE COAST WITH MINOR INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS
ALONG THE COAST LIKELY.

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

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT FROM IDA CONTINUES TO BE ALONG THE
COAST IN THE FORM OF ABOVE NORMAL TIDES AND HIGH SURF. RESIDENTS
LIVING IN OR TRAVELLING NEAR THE COAST THIS MORNING SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU COME UPON A ROAD THAT IS FLOODED
BY SEA WATER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE
TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO PASS SAFELY. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT
FOR COASTAL FLOODING...GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. THUS...KEEP LIGHT WEIGHT
OUTDOOR OBJECTS SECURED UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY IN GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING AND LIKELY SUBSIDE LATER TODAY AS IDA FURTHER WEAKENS.
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST GUSTS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST
THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS SURGE WILL ADD TO THE
NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE HIGH TIDE AT
PANAMA CITY HAS ALREADY OCCURRED FOR TUESDAY. HOWEVER...EVEN THOUGH
THE TIDE WILL BE DECREASING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW TIDE AMPLITUDES FOR TODAY IS
QUITE LOW. THUS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF
INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS UNTIL THE ONSHORE WINDS SUBSIDE.

LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST WILL BE MOST VULNERABLE AS STORM
TIDES MAY REACH 3 TO 5 FEET. REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE STORM
SURGE PLUS THE ACTUAL TIDE.

IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF...AND STRONG RIP
CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF AT PANAMA CITY WILL LIKELY
APPROACH 7 TO 10 FEET TODAY. HIGHER SURF IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
IN WESTERN BAY AND WALTON COUNTIES. THIS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF IDA WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING
IN URBAN AREAS.

...TORNADOES...
A FEEDER BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF IDA HAS
DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING. AS THIS BAND LIFTS NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST THERE IS A LOW TORNADO POTENTIAL AS
THE CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS OF THIS BAND MOVE ASHORE.

$$

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FRANKLIN-
448 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED ALONG THE
FRANKLIN COUNTY COAST THIS MORNING. THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE
APALACHICOLA AIRPORT. THE TIDE GAGE AT APALACHICOLA CONTINUES TO
SHOW HIGH WATER LEVELS ALONG THE COAST WITH MINOR INUNDATION OF
LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST LIKELY...ESPECIALLY AS THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE APPROACHES LATER THIS MORNING.

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

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT FROM IDA CONTINUES TO BE ALONG THE
COAST IN THE FORM OF ABOVE NORMAL TIDES AND HIGH SURF. RESIDENTS
LIVING IN OR TRAVELLING NEAR THE COAST THIS MORNING SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU COME UPON A ROAD THAT IS FLOODED
BY SEA WATER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE
TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO PASS SAFELY. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT
FOR COASTAL FLOODING...GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. THUS...KEEP LIGHT WEIGHT
OUTDOOR OBJECTS SECURED UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY IN GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING AND LIKELY SUBSIDE LATER TODAY AS IDA FURTHER WEAKENS.
WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST GUSTS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST TODAY. THIS
SURGE WILL ADD TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL
TIDES. THE MAIN THREAT WILL COME DURING HIGH TIDE. THE FOLLOWING
ARE THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AT APALACHICOLA...

853 AM CST TUESDAY...AND 1130 PM CST TUESDAY.

AT THESE TIMES LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST WILL BE MOST
VULNERABLE...AS STORM TIDES MAY REACH 4 TO 6 FEET. REMEMBER...
STORM TIDE IS THE STORM SURGE PLUS THE ACTUAL TIDE. BECAUSE THE
TIDAL AMPLITUDE IS RELATIVELY LOW TODAY...THERE COULD BE A LONG
PERIOD OF INUNDATION ALONG THE COAST UNTIL THE ONSHORE WINDS
SUBSIDE.

IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP
CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF MAY REACH 5 TO 7 FEET TUESDAY
MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF SAINT
GEORGE ISLAND. THIS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND
POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL FROM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM
2 TO 4 INCHES.

...TORNADOES...
AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IF THE
DEVELOPING FEEDER BAND ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WATERS SHIFTS
A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE EAST.

$$

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INLAND WALTON-
348 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A RAIN BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER CIRCULATION OF IDA WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD MODERATE SHOWERS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS
ACROSS THE AREA.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHILE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS NOT EXPECTED...GUSTS TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE COULD CAUSE A FEW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. AS A
PRECAUTION...LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS...PATIO
FURNITURE...AND DEAD TREE LIMBS SHOULD REMAIN SECURED AS THE
STRONGER WINDS CONTINUE THIS MORNING.

...WINDS...

WINDS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...MAINLY IN GUSTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE TODAY AS RAINBANDS FROM IDA CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL FROM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM
2 TO 4 INCHES. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS.

...TORNADOES...
A FEEDER BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF IDA HAS
DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING. AS THIS BAND LIFTS NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST THERE IS A LOW TORNADO POTENTIAL AS
THE CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS OF THIS BAND MOVE ASHORE.

$$

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APALACHEE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 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-
448 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS CONTINUE TO OCCUR ACROSS THE MARINE
AREA THIS MORNING...MAINLY IN A CONVECTIVE BAND THAT IS DEVELOPING
ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY.

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

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD BE IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE SUBSIDING
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY WEST OF APALACHICOLA.

...TORNADOES...
A FEEDER BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF IDA HAS
DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING. AS THIS BAND LIFTS NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE COASTAL WATERS THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED
WATERSPOUT.

$$

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JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-
448 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE WAKULLA COUNTY
COAST THIS MORNING. TIDES HAVE GENERALLY BEEN RUNNING 1 TO 2 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL...BUT THIS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS THE ONSHORE
WINDS CONTINUE TO PUSH WATER INTO THE HEAD OF APALACHEE BAY AND
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE APPROACHES. INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS IS
LIKELY LATER THIS MORNING AS THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE APPROACHES.

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

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT FROM IDA CONTINUES TO BE ALONG THE
COAST IN THE FORM OF ABOVE NORMAL TIDES AND HIGH SURF. RESIDENTS
LIVING IN OR TRAVELLING NEAR THE COAST THIS MORNING SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU COME UPON A ROAD THAT IS FLOODED
BY SEA WATER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE
TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO PASS SAFELY. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT
FOR COASTAL FLOODING...GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. THUS...KEEP LIGHT WEIGHT
OUTDOOR OBJECTS SECURED UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY RIGHT ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING LATER TODAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS POSSIBLE IN APALACHEE BAY TODAY.
THIS SURGE WILL ADD TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE
NORMAL TIDES. THE MAIN THREAT WILL COME DURING HIGH TIDE. THE
FOLLOWING ARE THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AT AT MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE...

736 AM EST TUESDAY...AND 913 PM EST TUESDAY.

AT THESE TIMES LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST WILL BE MOST
VULNERABLE...AS STORM TIDES MAY REACH AS HIGH AS 5 TO 6 FEET.
REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE STORM SURGE PLUS THE ACTUAL TIDE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL FROM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM
2 TO 4 INCHES. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS.

$$

GODSEY



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