Hurricane Local Statement for IDA

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HLSTAE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION IDA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1048 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009

...IDA BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS
DISCONTINUED...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
OUR AREA. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...SOUTHERN GEORGIA...AND NORTHERN FLORIDA. A COASTAL FLOOD
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WALTON COUNTY EAST TO WAKULLA COUNTY
UNTIL THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL THIS EVENING.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 AM EST...OR 9 AM CST...THE CENTER OF IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.6 WEST... OR ABOUT 30 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA. THIS IS ABOUT 120 MILES WEST-
NORTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FL...OR ABOUT 200 MILES WEST OF
TALLAHASSEE FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHEAST OR 45 DEGREES AT 9
MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE WEAKENING REMNANTS OF IDA ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE
NORTHEAST AND LATER EASTWARD ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...AND
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT 
TONIGHT.

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

PAY ATTENTION FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES AND STAY AWAY FROM
DOWNED POWER LINES. MARINERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL
WATERS FORECAST BEFORE MAKING ANY DEFINITE PLANS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL
STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE
REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA. 

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FRANKLIN-
1048 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON STORM IMPACTS.

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT OR SAFE HARBOR UNTIL WINDS AND
SEAS SUBSIDE. FOR ANY SMALL CRAFT WHO ARE IN DISTRESS...OR IF YOU
SEE SOMEONE ELSE IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS
BEACON.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. COASTAL WINDS
OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS CONTINUE TO
OCCUR.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE BIG BEND 
COAST THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS SURGE WILL ADD TO
THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. 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 4 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 FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR. 

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

$$

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

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. 

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

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON STORM IMPACTS.

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT OR SAFE HARBOR UNTIL WINDS AND
SEAS SUBSIDE. FOR ANY SMALL CRAFT WHO ARE IN DISTRESS...OR IF YOU
SEE SOMEONE ELSE IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS
BEACON.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. WINDS OF 20 TO
25 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS CONTINUE TO OCCUR...
MAINLY ALONG COASTAL AREAS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS STILL 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 4 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 FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR. 

...TORNADOES...
A FEEDER BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF IDA HAS
MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY SEVERE 
WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED.

$$

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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-
1048 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON STORM IMPACTS.

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT OR SAFE HARBOR UNTIL WINDS AND
SEAS SUBSIDE. FOR ANY SMALL CRAFT WHO ARE IN DISTRESS...OR IF YOU
SEE SOMEONE ELSE IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS
BEACON.

&&

...WINDS...
SUSTAIN WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE CONTINUE
ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. 

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

...MARINE...
SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET CONTINUE...AND ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TO 7 TO
10 FEET LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEEDER BAND ASSOCIATED WITH
THE OUTER FRINGES OF IDA CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND COAST WITH ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

$$

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JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-
1048 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON STORM IMPACTS.

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT OR SAFE HARBOR UNTIL WINDS AND
SEAS SUBSIDE. FOR ANY SMALL CRAFT WHO ARE IN DISTRESS...OR IF YOU
SEE SOMEONE ELSE IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS
BEACON.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. COASTAL WINDS
OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS CONTINUE TO
OCCUR.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE BIG BEND 
COAST THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS SURGE WILL ADD TO
THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. 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 4 FEET. REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE STORM
SURGE PLUS THE ACTUAL TIDE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR. 

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

$$

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INLAND WALTON-
948 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON STORM IMPACTS.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. WINDS REMAIN IN
THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 25 AND 30 MPH.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR. 

...TORNADOES...
A FEEDER BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF IDA HAS
MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY SEVERE 
WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED.

$$

WATSON