[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

Tue Aug 28 17:00:35 CDT 2012

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE ISAAC LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
500 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012

...ISAAC GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED AS IT NEARS SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...

...FLOODING FROM STORM SURGE AND RAINFALL EXPECTED TO INCREASE
OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
MULTIPLE HAZARDS FROM HURRICANE ISAAC WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AS OUTER RAINS BANDS SLAM THE AREA.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
OPEN GULF WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...UPPER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...LOWER
BALDWIN...STONE AND GEORGE.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...WASHINGTON...INLAND ESCAMBIA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...INLAND
SANTA ROSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND OKALOOSA...COASTAL
OKALOOSA... WAYNE...PERRY AND GREENE.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR MOBILE BAY...THE GULF COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN FL TO PASCAGOULA
MS OUT 20 NM...AND FROM DESTIN FL TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE
IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND
GULF COASTAL WATERS DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 20 NM. PLEASE LISTEN
CLOSELY FOR ANY TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR
AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.7N...LONGITUDE 89.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE AL...OR ABOUT 170 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA
FL. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 8 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS
80 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS LOCATED ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE AL...AND MOVING NW AT 8 MPH. ISAAC IS FORECAST TO
MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST THIS EVENING. ISAAC
WILL IMPACT OUR AREA AS TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SPREAD INLAND
ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA...AND INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT. THE TORNADO
THREAT WILL ALSO INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS OUTER RAIN BANDS MOVE FROM
EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE AREA.

STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IS LIKELY ACROSS
COASTAL ALABAMA AND MOBILE BAY...ESPECIALLY FOR THE WESTERN AND
NORTHERN SHORES OF MOBILE BAY. STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 6 FEET ABOVE
GROUND LEVEL IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

THE TIDE GAGE AT DAUPHIN ISLAND IS AT 3.7 FT AND STEADY. 2 TO 3 FEET
OF WATER ON BONNEVILLE BLVD (WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND) CONTINUES.
THE DAUPHIN ISLAND BRIDGE AND THE DAUPHIN ISLAND CAUSEWAY (HIGHWAY
193) NORTH OF THE BRIDGE HAS BEEN CLOSED. DAUPHIN ISLAND IS ALSO
WITHOUT POWER.

THE TIDAL GAGE AT COAST GUARD SECTOR (NORTH MOBILE BAY) IS AT 4.2 FT
AND RISING. WATER HAS BEEN SPILLING ONTO THE CAUSEWAY...AND IS NOW
CLOSED. WATER OVER DAUPHIN ISLAND ROAD NORTH OF THE DOG RIVER BRIDGE
CONTINUES AS WELL. AN ESTIMATED WATER HEIGHT OF 6 FEET WAS REPORTED
AT THE ALABAMA PORT.

IN FLORIDA...PORTIONS OF FORT PICKENS ROAD (HIGHWAY 399) IS FLOODED
AND WATER OVER ROAD (GULF BLVD) AT WEST END NAVARRE BEACH FLORIDA IS
BEING REPORTED.

PORTIONS OF OTHER COASTAL COMMUNITIES...INCLUDING BAYOU LA
BATRE...ARE NOW FLOODED AND MANY ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE.

THE THREAT FOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT
AS THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES BEGIN TO RISE LATE THIS EVENING...WITH
HIGH TIDE OCCURRING WEDNESDAY MORNING.

OUTER HEAVY RAIN BANDS WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE SNAPPING
LARGE TREE LIMBS AND DOWNING POWER LINES...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS
SNAP LARGE TREE LIMBS...UPROOT TREES DUE TO AN INCREASING SATURATED
GROUND...BRINGING DOWN ADDITIONAL POWER LINES.

SQUALLS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE HURRICANE WILL BEGIN
TO AFFECT THE AREA TODAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO ACCOMPANY
THIS SYSTEM. STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA... WITH 12 INCHES
LOCALLY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FURTHER EAST
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

TORNADOES EMBEDDED IN THE OUTER RAINS BANDS MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT. A
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.

SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS ARE NOW AS HIGH AS 20 TO 25 FEET...WITH
BREAKERS AT THE BEACHES AS HIGH AS 10 TO 15 FEET.

AS WITH ALL TROPICAL SYSTEMS...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN AT
HIGH LEVELS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

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

FINAL PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AROUND 800 PM CDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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