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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
807 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLE COAST
FROM EAST OF DESTIN TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA...

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

...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST
FROM EAST OF DESTIN TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA. THIS WATCH WILL LIKELY BE
CANCELLED LATER TODAY. 

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THIS WATCH WILL
LIKELY BE EXTENDED INTO THE AFTERNOON. 

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM CDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.9 WEST OR ABOUT 175 MILES WEST OF
PANAMA CITY FLORIDA. CINDY WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 14
MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CINDY WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS SHE MOVES FARTHER INLAND. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE
CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB OR 29.29
INCHES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WITH CINDY MOVING NORTHEAST AND WEAKENING THE THREAT OF GETTING
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IN THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
APPEARS LESS LIKELY. HOWEVER...THERE IS A RAIN BAND MOVING EAST INTO
THE EASTERN PANHANDLE THAT MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. AT 6 AM
CDT THERE WAS A WIND GUST TO 39 MPH AT THE PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR
STATION AS THIS RAIN BAND WAS PASSING THROUGH. MOST OF THE PANHANDLE
COAST WILL HAVE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. OTHER THAN SOME DOWN
TREE BRANCHES AND BLOWN OVER GARBAGE CANS OR PATIO FURNITURE...NO
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM WIND ARE EXPECTED. 

...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL INFORMATION...
HEAVY RAIN BANDS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLE TODAY AND
THIS EVENING...PRODUCING STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING IN
LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
REPORTS FROM OFFICIALS IN WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES DO NOT INDICATE ANY
SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING SO FAR. TIDES WILL LIKELY BE 1 TO 2 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. 

LOCAL TIDES FOR TODAY ARE AS FOLLOWS...

PORT ST. JOE...
TODAY...HIGH...10:40 AM...LOW...9:49 PM.

SAINT ANDREW BAY AT PANAMA CITY...
TODAY...HIGH... 10:07 AM...LOW... 9:29 PM.

EAST PASS AT DESTIN...
TODAY... HIGH... 10:37 AM.

...RIP CURRENTS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BEACHES. ONSHORE WINDS AND SWELLS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER AND
MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

...TORNADO THREAT...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLE FLOODING...AS WELL AS TORNADOES. THE MOST VULNERABLE ARE
THOSE LIVING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. RESIDENTS
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE
TOSSED AROUND IN THE WIND.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM CINDY WILL BE ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY 1130 PM CDT.

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