000 WTUS82 KTAE 101533 CCA HLSTAE ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-101945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1116 AM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005 CORRECTED LATEST WIND OBSERVATIONS. ...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER WESTWARD... ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT EAST OF THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER... ...AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERIOR FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT (2 PM CDT)... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. ...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF WALTON...BAY...GULF AND FRANKLIN. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...TAYLOR AND DIXIE. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERIOR FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT (2 PM CDT). A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 10 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA...85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY...162 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE AND 160 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FROM DOTHAN. DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST AROUND 3 PM EDT (2 PM CDT). MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY PRIOR TO LANDFALL. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 930 MB...OR 27.46 INCHES. ...WIND IMPACTS... BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO AT OR NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE ALONG THE COAST FROM PENSACOLA EAST TO WAKULLA COUNTY. GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY REACH THE COAST AFTER MIDDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE AND EVENTUALLY HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE (WALTON...HOLMES... WASHINGTON AND BAY COUNTIES) AND OVER WESTERN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA (COFFEE AND GENEVA COUNTIES). HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS WILL LIKELY EXTEND TO THE REST OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA (DALE...HOUSTON AND HENRY COUNTIES) AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE (JACKSON...CALHOUN AND GULF). THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME LOCAL WIND REPORTS AT 11 AM EDT: TALLAHASSEE...30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 46 MPH. EGLIN AFB...38 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 46 MPH. BAINBRIDGE...29 MPH GUSTS OF 38 MPH. PANAMA CITY...29 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 44 MPH. CRESTVIEW...24 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH. PERRY...21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 31 MPH. C TOWER...56 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 63 MPH. BUOY 42309 (PANAMA CITY BUOY)...47 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 64 MPH. BUOY 42036 (APALACHICOLA BUOY)...43 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 64 MPH. ...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL INFORMATION... SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER A LARGE SWATH AS THE HURRICANE MOVES INLAND. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS LIKELY TO FALL OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM THE APALACHICOLA RIVER WESTWARD AND INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA WHERE TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE ONLY RIVERS CURRENTLY AT FLOOD STAGE ARE BLOUNTSTOWN ON THE APALACHICOLA RIVER AND THE ST MARKS RIVER AT NEWPORT. SOILS ARE VERY WET. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA WILL FLOOD RAPIDLY IF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FALL IN LOCALIZED AREAS WITHIN TWO HOURS. SOME STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR DENNIS THOUGH 10 AM EDT... TALLAHASSEE 3.19 INCHES APALACHICOLA 3.09 INCHES BAINBRIDGE 2.70 INCHES ST MARKS 2.70 INCHES STEINHATCHEE 2.70 INCHES DOTHAN 1.91 INCHES DOWLING PARK 1.30 INCHES BRISTOL 1.30 INCHES NEWTON 1.15 INCHES TIFTON 1.05 INCHES ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST... STORM SURGES WILL BE SIGNIFICANT. THE BEACHES OF SOUTH WALTON COUNTY COULD SEE 8 TO 10 FOOT SURGES. BAY COUNTY IS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE 5 TO 8 FOOT SURGE... AND THE BARRIER ISLANDS A CAPES ALONG GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES SHOULD SEE 4 TO 6 FOOT SURGES. ALL OF THESE EXPOSED AREAS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE SEVERE BEACH EROSION AS LARGE BATTERING WAVES... SIMILAR TO LAST YEARS HURRICANE IVAN...STRIKE THE COAST. THE LATEST SEA HEIGHTS MEASURED AT THE OFFSHORE BUOYS WERE 33 FEET AT THE BUOY SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY...AND 23 FEET AT THE BUOY SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA. STORM TIDES HAVE RISEN TO 8 FEET THIS MORNING IN WAKULLA COUNTY. AN APPROACHING RAIN BAND MAY PUSH ANOTHER FOOT INTO THE APALACHEE BAY AREA FROM THE OCHLOCKONEE BAY TO THE AUCILLA RIVER. THESE AREAS OF WAKULLA AND FRANKLIN COUNTY CAN EXPECT THESE WATER LEVELS TO REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THEIR CURRENT LEVELS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORMAL HIGH TIDE WILL HELP TO KEEP THESE LEVELS AT NEAR THE SAME LEVEL. TO THE EAST... TOTAL STORM TIDES SHOULD APPROACH 4 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY COAST AND DOWN DOWN THE BIG BEND TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER MOUTH. NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE AS FOLLOWS... SHELL POINT... TODAY...HIGH 4:43 PM...LOW 11:00 AM AND 11:38 PM. MONDAY...HIGH 6:12 AM AND 5:27 PM...LOW 11:45 AM. APALACHICOLA... TODAY...LOW 1:09 PM...HIGH 8:22 AM AND 6:07 PM. MONDAY...HIGH 8:38 AM AND 7:01 AM...LOW 1:35 AM AND 2:02 PM. PORT SAINT JOE... TODAY...HIGH 12:40 PM...LOW 10:51 PM. MONDAY...HIGH 12:56 PM...LOW 10:41 PM. PANAMA CITY... TODAY...HIGH 12:07 PM...LOW 10:31 PM. MONDAY...HIGH 12:23 PM...LOW 10:21 PM. DESTIN... TODAY...HIGH 12:37 PM. MONDAY...HIGH 12:53 PM...LOW 1:12 AM. ...RIP CURRENTS... DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY DUE TO INCREASING SURF AND WINDS. ...TORNADO THREAT... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... COASTAL RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND SHOULD EXPECT HURRICANE CONDITIONS WITHIN 2 TO 8 HOURS...AND ALL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL SECTIONS OF WALTON...BAY...GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS FOR RESIDENTS IN MOBILE HOMES AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE INLAND PANHANDLE COUNTIES. RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST PRONE TO STORM SURGE FLOODING OR IN INLAND RAINFALL FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY 230 PM EDT. $$ BLOCK/WOOL