000 FLUS42 KTAE 091153 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 653 AM EST MON NOV 9 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-101200- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- 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- 653 AM EST MON NOV 9 2009 /553 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM DESTIN EASTWARD TO INDIAN PASS... ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM INDIAN PASS EASTWARD TO THE AUCILLA RIVER ENTRANCE... ...A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INLAND PORTIONS OF BAY...WALTON...GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES AS WELL AS FOR THE FOLLOWING INLAND COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE ...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...JACKSON...CALHOUN AND LIBERTY... AS OF 400 AM EST THIS MORNING...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.9 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES...SOUTHWEST OF THE PANAMA CITY BUOY AND ABOUT 380 MILES SOUTH- SOUTHWEST OF SANDESTIN FLORIDA. IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...IDA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY...AND APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH IDA HAS WEAKENED A BIT FROM SUNDAY NIGHT...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE STILL NEAR 90 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IDA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE AND ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER...IDA IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE A HURRICANE WHEN IT APPROACHES THE GULF COAST LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY. THEREFORE...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR OUR COASTAL WATERS FROM WEST TO EAST WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. ADDITIONALLY...HAZARDOUS SURF WILL BUILD ALONG OUR AREA BEACHES TODAY FROM DOG AND SAINT GEORGE ISLANDS WESTWARD TOWARDS SANDESTIN. ALL BOATERS...SWIMMERS...AND EVEN THE MOST EXPERIENCED SURFERS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ALTHOUGH A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN IS VERY LIKELY ACROSS MUCH THE REGION AS IDA MOVES INLAND...ITS INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED... EXPECTED WEAKENING AND TRANSITION TO A NON TROPICAL SYSTEM SHOULD PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR A FLOOD WATCH. NEVERTHELESS...A BENEFICIAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...COFFEE...DALE...HENRY...GENEVA...HOUSTIN...EARLY...MILLER... BAKER...MITCHELL...SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS...GADSDEN... LEON AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF WAKULLA AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. AFTER THE WIND AND RAIN WIND DOWN ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...A CONTINENTAL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. $$ 17-GOULD