ABC 33/40 EWARN: Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KMOB 212219
HLSMOB
ALZ061>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ075-076-078-079-220530-

TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
520 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN TO MAKE LANDFALL BETWEEN FORT WALTON
BEACH AND PENSACOLA BEACH EARLY THIS EVENING...

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA WESTWARD TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...

...NEW INFORMATION...
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTING THAT THE CENTER OF
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR
9 MPH. THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON A NORTHWEST
TRACK...MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST
BETWEEN FORT WALTON BEACH AND PENSACOLA BEACH EARLY THIS EVENING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS
IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES.

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY AND GREENE
COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA
WESTWARD TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA
ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...MOBILE AND BALDWIN
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND STONE AND GEORGE COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY FOR PERRY AND GREENE COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 515 PM CDT...EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT THE
CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3O MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NAVARRE BEACH. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED
BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1006
MB...29.71 INCHES.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE...
BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK AND SPEED...MAXIMUM STORM TIDE
HEIGHTS COULD REACH 2 TO 3 FEET NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE
DEPRESSION.

...WINDS...
WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS REACHING NEAR OR JUST ABOVE
TROPICAL STORM FORCE OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH.
THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF
MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE DEPRESSION TURNS
MORE TOWARD THE WEST...BUT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG.
WIND GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE MAY OCCUR ACROSS STONE AND
GEORGE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI EARLY ON SATURDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT SATURDAY FOR PERRY AND GREENE
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FOR WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 25 TO
30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

...RIP CURRENTS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEKEND DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND WAVES. RIP
CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF.

...HIGH SURF/BEACH EROSION...
MINOR BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM DESTIN FLORIDA TO THE
WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND THROUGH SATURDAY.

...RAINFALL TOTALS...
RAINFALL ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF THREE INCHES WITH THIS SYSTEM.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 1130 PM OR SOONER IF
NECESSARY.

$$

PURDY/BEELER

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