000 WTUS82 KTAE 102338 HLSTAE ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-110200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 738 PM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM DESTIN EAST TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER... ...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT (11 PM CDT)... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT (11 PM CDT)... ...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 TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM DESTIN EAST TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT (11 PM CDT). A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT (11 PM CDT) FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 6 PM CDT....THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 87.5 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE ALABAMA. DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH- NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH DENNIS HAS WEAKENED TO A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE...IT IS STILL A DANGEROUS HURRICANE. DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM LATER TONIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 961 MB...OR 28.38 INCHES. ...WIND IMPACTS... BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...COASTAL AND INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME WIND REPORTS AT 7 PM (6 PM CDT): EGLIN AFB...32 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 47 MPH. CRESTVIEW...20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 31 MPH. APALACHICOLA...31 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 43 MPH. PANAMA CITY...21 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH. OZARK...21 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 32 MPH. DOTHAN...22 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH. MARIANNA...15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 26 MPH. TALLAHASSEE...28 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 37 MPH. KEATON BEACH...28 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 34 MPH. CEDAR KEY...23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 28 MPH. C TOWER...32 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 36 MPH. BUOY 42039 (PANAMA CITY BUOY)...25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 31 MPH. ...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL INFORMATION... SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE AREAS HAVE RECEIVED 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCAL 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 7 PM EDT (6 PM CDT)... TALLAHASSEE 5.98 INCHES PERRY 5.44 INCHES CROSS CITY 4.50 INCHES PANAMA CITY 3.50 INCHES DOTHAN 3.10 INCHES VALDOSTA 3.54 INCHES ALBANY 2.31 INCHES ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST...STORM SURGES HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT. THE BEACHES OF SOUTH WALTON COUNTY COULD STILL 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 DUE TO LARGE BATTERING WAVES...SIMILAR TO HURRICANE IVAN. THE LATEST WAVE HEIGHTS MEASURED AT THE OFFSHORE BUOY SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY WAS 16 FEET. 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 HURRICANES KATE AND ELENA. SAINT MARKS FLORIDA IS FLOODED. TO THE EAST...TOTAL STORM TIDES WILL REACH 5 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY COAST SOUTH TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER. TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED WATER UP TO TWO FEET DEEP OVER SEVERAL ROADS IN STEINHATCHEE AND JENA. NO ADDITIONAL RISES ARE ANTICIPATED. NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE AS FOLLOWS... SHELL POINT... TODAY...LOW 11:38 PM. MONDAY...HIGH 6:12 AM AND 5:27 PM...LOW 11:45 AM. APALACHICOLA... TODAY...HIGH 6:07 PM. MONDAY...HIGH 8:38 AM AND 7:01 AM...LOW 1:35 AM AND 2:02 PM. PORT SAINT JOE... TODAY...LOW 10:51 PM. MONDAY...HIGH 12:56 PM...LOW 10:41 PM. PANAMA CITY... TODAY...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 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 930 PM EDT. $$ JAMSKI