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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1110 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

...CINDY WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...
...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE PANHANDLE COAST FROM EAST OF 
DESTIN TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...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...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE COAST FROM EAST OF DESTIN TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.  

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 AM CDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CINDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.4 WEST OR ABOUT 175 MILES WEST OF 
DOTHAN ALABAMA. CINDY WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CINDY WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS SHE MOVES FARTHER INLAND. 

...WIND IMPACTS...
THE WINDS ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST HAVE BEEN SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 
MPH...WITH SOME SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH 
IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS IN THE PENSACOLA AREA. THE WINDS OVER 
THE EASTERN PANHANDLE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. 

...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 1 TO 2 
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 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. 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...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE ON 
CINDY. 

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FOURNIER