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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  27...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

CORRECTED INITIAL INTENSITY FROM 65 MPH TO 50 MPH

...DENNIS CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
...STILL A HEAVY RAINFALL AND TORNADO THREAT...
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...ALL COASTAL TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAVE
BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 87.8 WEST...OR IN
CENTRAL MARENGO COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEMOPOLIS
ALABAMA.
 
DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DENNIS
IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALABAMA COASTS
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
 
TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
AND NEAR THE TRACK OF DENNIS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES INTO
THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ISOLATED MAXIMUM
RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH
DENNIS.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE
DAY MONDAY...OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA...CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND THE WESTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...32.3 N... 87.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 980 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART

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