000 WTUS82 KTAE 110301 HLSTAE ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-110400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1100 PM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM DESTIN EAST TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER AND THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED... ...TORNADO AND FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 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... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM DESTIN EAST TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER AND THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. A TORNADO WATCH AND FLOOD WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT (11 PM CDT). ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEMOPOLIS ALABAMA. DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH- NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE WEAKENED TO NEAR 55 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON MONDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB... OR 28.94 INCHES. ...WIND IMPACTS... SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE...HOWEVER BRIEF GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ...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. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE MAIN FEEDER BAND OF DENNIS MOVES ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. SOME STORM RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA: TALLAHASSEE FL 6.3 INCHES WOODVILLE FL 8.5 INCHES HAVANA FL 7.0 INCHES MAYO FL 4.7 INCHES THOMASVILLE GA 5.3 INCHES MADISON FL 4.0 INCHES ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... STORM SURGES SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS DENNIS CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION WILL CONTINUE DUE TO LARGE BATTERING WAVES. THE LATEST WAVE HEIGHT MEASURED AT THE OFFSHORE BUOY SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY WAS 16 FEET. LIKEWISE...STORM TIDES SHOULD SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. HIGHWAY 98 REMAINS CLOSED BETWEEN APALACHICOLA AND EASTPOINT...AND FROM NEWPORT TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY LINE. EXTENSIVE COASTAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN WAKULLA...FRANKLIN AND DIXIE COUNTIES. SAINT MARKS REMAINS UNDER WATER. TO THE EAST...TOTAL STORM TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE TAYLOR COUNTY COAST SOUTH TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED WATER UP TO TWO FEET DEEP OVER SEVERAL ROADS IN STEINHATCHEE AND JENA. 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... 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... MONDAY...HIGH 12:53 PM...LOW 1:12 AM. ...RIP CURRENTS... DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY DUE TO THE HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. ...TORNADO THREAT... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON DENNIS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE. $$ JAMSKI