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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
218 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FROM EAST OF DESTIN TO THE 
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FLORIDA...
...THE HURRICANE WATCH FROM EAST OF DESTIN TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INLAND 
PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL PANHANDLE COUNTIES IN THE WARNED AREA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF THE 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING WALTON...BAY...GULF...AND FRANKLIN 
COUNTIES.

...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE 
EASTWARD TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING  
IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE ABOVE COASTAL COUNTIES. A 
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA BECAUSE OF THE 
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM 
EDT (4 PM CDT).  

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT (1 PM CDT)...TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS CENTERED NEAR 
LATITUDE 30.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.5 WEST. THIS IS ABOUT 20 MILES 
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GULF SHORES ALABAMA...OR ABOUT 110 MILES WEST OF 
PANAMA CITY. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 991 MB. ARLENE WAS 
MOVING NORTH NEAR 14 MPH AND WILL MAKE LANDFALL SOMEWHERE NEAR THE 
ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE WEAKENED TO 60 MPH. 

...WIND IMPACTS...
THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM ARLENE HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS 
NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND THE NORTHEAST GULF...AND WILL GRADUALLY 
DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE 
ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN SOME OF THE 
HEAVIER RAIN BANDS THIS AFTERNOON.     

HERE ARE SOME LOCAL WIND REPORTS AS OF 1 PM CDT...

PANAMA CITY...SOUTH AT 23 GUSTING TO 30 MPH.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE...SOUTHEAST AT 32 GUSTING TO 41 MPH.

APALACHICOLA...SOUTHEAST AT 22 GUSTING TO 33 MPH.

APALACHICOLA BUOY...SOUTHEAST 18 MPH GUSTING TO 24 MPH.

PANAMA CITY BUOY...SOUTH 22 MPH GUSTING TO 29 MPH.


...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL INFORMATION...
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT ARLENE CONTINUES TO WRAP IN QUITE A BIT 
OF DRY AIR AROUND THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
CIRCULATION. THIS SHOULD LIMIT THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD
FLOODING...BUT LOCAL FLOODING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY IN SLOW MOVING
RAIN BANDS. 

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES ARE STILL RUNNING 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL FROM APALACHICOLA 
TO PANAMA CITY. THESE TIDES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AS THE STORM MOVES 
INLAND AND WEAKENS. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR IN VULNERABLE 
LOCATIONS INCLUDING CAPE SAN BLAS DUE TO BATTERING WAVES. THE ROAD 
TO ALLIGATOR POINT HAD BEEN WASHED OUT.  

SPECIFIC TIDE FORECASTS FOLLOW...

APALACHICOLA...
TODAY: LOW 1:30 PM...HIGH 6:07 PM EDT

PORT ST JOE...
TODAY: HIGH 1:12 PM 

SAINT ANDREW BAY AT PANAMA CITY...
TODAY: HIGH 12:39 PM...LOW 11:53 PM CDT.


...RIP CURRENTS...
ONSHORE WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP 
CURRENTS TODAY. 

...TORNADO THREAT...
ISOLATED TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS ALL OF THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH 
CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOWEVER NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED SO FAR.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE AROUND 630 PM EDT (530 PM CDT) THIS AFTERNOON.

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FOURNIER