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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
705 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS AND HURRICANE WATCHES ISSUED FOR
PORTIONS OF BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COASTAL PORTIONS OF
WALTON...BAY...AND GULF COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COASTAL PORTIONS OF
FRANKLIN...WAKULLA....JEFFERSON...TAYLOR...AND DIXIE COUNTIES IN
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...FLORIDA BIG BEND...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL AS THE GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
COASTAL FRANKLIN...COASTAL JEFFERSON...COASTAL WAKULLA...COASTAL
TAYLOR AND COASTAL DIXIE.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO THE
MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER.

A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SOUTH
WALTON...COASTAL BAY AND COASTAL GULF.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS
OF GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO THE MOUTH OF THE
SUWANNEE RIVER.

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COFFEE...DALE...HENRY...GENEVA...
HOUSTON...INLAND WALTON...CENTRAL WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...
JACKSON...INLAND BAY...CALHOUN...INLAND GULF...INLAND FRANKLIN...
GADSDEN...LEON...INLAND JEFFERSON...LIBERTY...INLAND WAKULLA...
INLAND TAYLOR...EARLY...MILLER...SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY AND
THOMAS...POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS ARE STILL A
CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT...OR 4 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1N...LONGITUDE 79.0W. THIS WAS ABOUT
600 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FL...OR ABOUT 680 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DESTIN FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST AT 18
MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 65 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CONTINUES MOVING NORTHWEST THROUGH THE
FLORIDA STRAITS AND INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. ISAAC IS
PREDICTED TO GAIN STRENGTH AND TURN MORE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ON SUNDAY AND NEAR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
ON TUESDAY.

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

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF
DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS
VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING.

FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE
PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL
PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE
TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS.

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...NOW IS THE TIME TO BEGIN PREPARING YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS ACCORDING TO YOUR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN. LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE READY TO EVACUATE IF NECESSARY. HEED
THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMPLY WITH ANY ORDERS THAT ARE
ISSUED.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACTIVELY LISTEN FOR FORTHCOMING INFORMATION
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA AND YOUR
LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

MARINERS ARE URGED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TO RETURN
TO PORT...SEEK SAFE HARBOR...AND SECURE THEIR CRAFT. NOW IS THE
TIME TO INITIATE PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY PLAN
FOR TROPICAL SYSTEMS. MONITOR WEATHER BROADCASTS FOR CHANGES TO
THE LATEST FORECAST AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL
OFFICIALS.

&&

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

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SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
705 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 /605 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012/

...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

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

STAY CALM AND KEEP INFORMED. COMPLY WITH ANY EVACUATION ORDERS
THAT ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH
WINDS...OR YOU LIVE IN A SURGE ZONE OR ANY LOCATION PRONE TO
FLOODING...EVACUATE TO A DESIGNATED SHELTER OR RIDE OUT THE STORM
IN THE STURDY HOME OF FAMILY OR FRIENDS OUTSIDE OF EVACUATION
ZONES.

REGARDING YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS...COVER ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS
WITH SHUTTERS OR PLYWOOD. MOVE PATIO FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE
OBJECTS INDOORS. BRACE ALL EXTERIOR DOORS...INCLUDING GARAGE
DOORS. DO THIS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A TRIP TO THE HARDWARE STORE...THE GROCERY
STORE...OR THE GAS STATION...DO SO AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 10 PERCENT.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
70 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS
EARLY AS MONDAY EVENING.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED
HIGH WINDS MAY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM MONDAY AFTER MIDNIGHT TO LATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING.


...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT HEIGHTS OF COMBINED
STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE
FORECAST AREA TO BE CAUSED BY TROPICAL STORM ISAAC. MUCH DEPENDS
ON THE PRECISE SIZE...INTENSITY AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AS IT
APPROACHES THE COAST. GIVEN THE LATEST FORECAST...THERE IS A
CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP
TO 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST...
RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION  OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE
GROUND LEVEL SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE LAST MONTH...THE POTENTIAL FOR
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS ELEVATED. DEPENDING ON THE FUTURE TRACK OF
ISAAC...9 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AS ISAAC PASSES
WEST OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

$$

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COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-
COASTAL DIXIE-
705 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

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

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

FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU
LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN TO
10 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT
THIS TIME IS 70 PERCENT.

...WINDS...
MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REACH AROUND 40 MPH RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES.
RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS
AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY
PLANTED OR YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED
PROPERLY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.


...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES THE COAST...THERE IS AN
ELEVATED CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE
WATERS UP TO 7 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO
THE COAST...RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 4 TO 7
FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE.

IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT HEIGHTS OF COMBINED
STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE
FORECAST AREA TO BE CAUSED BY TROPICAL STORM ISAAC. MUCH DEPENDS
ON THE PRECISE SIZE...INTENSITY AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM.

...INLAND FLOODING...
DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE LAST MONTH...THE POTENTIAL FOR
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS ELEVATED. DEPENDING ON THE FUTURE TRACK OF
ISAAC...5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AS ISAAC PASSES
WEST OF THE AREA ON BEGINNING ON MONDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH
AND WEDNESDAY.

$$

GMZ730-755-765-775-261800-
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APALACHEE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
705 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

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

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

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 10 TO 15
PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS
TIME IS UP TO 80 PERCENT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN MONDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS
ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
50 KNOTS.

SEAS WILL BUILD RAPIDLY ON MONDAY AND POSSIBLY REACH GREATER THAN
15 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS TUESDAY MORNING.

$$

GMZ750-770-261800-
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COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
705 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

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

MARINERS ARE URGED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TO RETURN
TO PORT...SEEK SAFE HARBOR...AND SECURE THEIR CRAFT. NOW IS THE
TIME TO INITIATE PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY PLAN
FOR TROPICAL SYSTEMS. MONITOR WEATHER BROADCASTS FOR CHANGES TO
THE LATEST FORECAST AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL
OFFICIALS.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 25 PERCENT.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
TO 84 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START
AS EARLY AS MONDAY EVENING.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED
HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS FROM MONDAY EVENING TO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST TO BEGIN
AFFECTING THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON.

WINDS UP TO 65 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. SEAS COULD
BUILD AS HIGH AS 25 FEET WELL OFFSHORE.


$$

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COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-
INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-LIBERTY-
INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-EARLY-MILLER-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-
THOMAS-
705 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 /605 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012/

...IMPACTS FROM TROPICAL STORM ISAAC STILL POSSIBLE...

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

EVERYONE IS STRONGLY URGED TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT THE TRACK OF
ISAAC. MONITOR THE ONGOING WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS SHOULD A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

CONSIDER STOCKING UP ON NON-PERISHABLE FOODS...LIKE
CANNED GOODS AND BOTTLED WATER. A GOOD RULE OF THUMB IS TO HAVE AT
LEAST A THREE DAY FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY FOR EACH PERSON IN YOUR
FAMILY. REFILL ANY NEEDED PRESCRIPTIONS THAT YOU MAY NEED IN THE
DAYS FOLLOWING THE STORM. MEDICINES MAY BE IN SHORT SUPPLY IN THE
AREA WORST AFFECTED BY THE STORM. BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF
ORDERED TO DO SO. LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE ADVICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT IN YOUR AREA.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LOW.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 50
TO 60 PERCENT.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEAR
FUTURE. AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS MAY INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR
WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE LAST MONTH...THE POTENTIAL FOR
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS INCREASED. DEPENDING ON THE FUTURE TRACK OF
ISAAC...7 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AS ISAAC PASSES
WEST OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

$$







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