000 WTUS82 KTAE 101954 HLSTAE ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-102200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 354 PM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER WEST... ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT EAST OF THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER... ...AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERIOR FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT (11 PM CDT)... ...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EXTREME SOUTHERN GEORGIA... ...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. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT (11 PM CDT). A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.0 WEST...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 80 MILES WEST OF PANAMA CITY AND 120 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOTHAN. DENNIS IS MOVING JUST WEST OF DUE NORTH AT NEAR 17 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 BETWEEN GULF BREEZE AND NAVARRE AROUND 330 PM EDT (230 PM CDT). MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED 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 943 MB...OR 27.85 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 DESTIN EAST TO WAKULLA COUNTY. GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY REACH THE COAST MAINLY FROM PANAMA CITY WESTWARD THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS MAY EXTEND INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE (WALTON...HOLMES... WASHINGTON AND BAY COUNTIES). THE CHANCE OF INLAND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS FARTHER EAST HAS DIMINISHED. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME LOCAL WIND REPORTS AT 1 PM CDT: TALLAHASSEE...30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 43 MPH. EGLIN AFB...36 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 56 MPH. BAINBRIDGE...23 MPH GUSTS OF 33 MPH. PANAMA CITY...23 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH. MARIANNA...20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 33 MPH. CRESTVIEW...28 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH. DOTHAN...31 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 47 MPH. OZARK...29 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 41 MPH. PERRY...24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. CROSS CITY...17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 31 MPH. CEDAR KEY...39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 43 MPH. C TOWER...48 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 56 MPH. BUOY 42039 (PANAMA CITY BUOY)...40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 49 MPH. BUOY 42036 (APALACHICOLA BUOY)...40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 52 MPH. ...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL INFORMATION... SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND FAR SOUTHERN GEORGIA. THESE AREAS HAVE RECEIVED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS...AND WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS FURTHER NORTH AND WEST. SOME STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR DENNIS THROUGH 2 PM CDT... TALLAHASSEE 5.29 INCHES IRON CITY 4.64 INCHES BAINBRIDGE 4.35 INCHES DESTIN 4.00 INCHES PANAMA CITY 3.32 INCHES DOTHAN 2.67 INCHES ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST...STORM SURGES HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT. THE BEACHES OF SOUTH WALTON COUNTY COULD SEE 8 TO 10 FOOT SURGES. BAY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES HAVE EXPERIENCED A 6 TO 8 FOOT SURGE. 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 22 FEET AT THE BUOY SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY...AND 21 FEET AT THE BUOY SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA. STORM TIDES HAVE RISEN TO 9 FEET TODAY IN WAKULLA COUNTY AND 8 TO 10 FEET IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL RISES ARE EXPECTED. WATER HAS PUSHED ACROSS ROUTE 98 NEAR APALACHICOLA AND THERE HAS BEEN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THERE SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS OBSERVED IN 1985 WITH KATE AND ELENA. THE SHIELDS MARINA ON THE SAINT MARKS RIVER IS COMPLETELY FLOODED. TO THE EAST...TOTAL STORM TIDES WILL REACH 5 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY COAST AND DOWN DOWN THE BIG BEND TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER. TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED 1 1/2 FOOT DEEP WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADS IN STEINHATCHEE AND JENA. SLIGHT RISES WILL CONTINUE THERE DUE TO ASTRONOMICAL TIDES. 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 REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY 6 PM EDT. $$ WOOL/GOREE