Hurricane Warning 1011, NWS Mobile, AL

865 
WTUS84 KMOB 090501 CCA
HLSMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IDA LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1049 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

...IDA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND
COASTAL WATER LEGS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND GULF COASTAL WATERS
DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING ALL OF GULF COASTAL WATERS FROM
DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND
INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 9 PM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
23.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST...OR ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THIS IS ABOUT 470 MILES SOUTH
OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 345 DEGREES
AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 105 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON MONDAY
NIGHT.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...IDA IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE GULF OF
MEXICO TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
MONDAY NIGHT AND MAKE LANDFALL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING NEAR PENSACOLA PASS.

WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK.
UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS AS TO THE EXACT PATH THAT IDA WILL TAKE SO
PEOPLE LIVING ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST OF COASTAL SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND STORM SURGE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AROUND 2 AM CST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS REGARDING THE EVOLVING
TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA.

ALZ063-064-FLZ001>006-100500-
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LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1049 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

...HURRICANE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 900 PM CST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST OR ABOUT 400 MILES...
645 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON MONDAY
NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...IDA IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE GULF OF
MEXICO TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
MONDAY NIGHT AND MAKE LANDFALL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING NEAR PENSACOLA PASS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IDA IS A
CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. GRADUAL WEAKENING
IS FORECAST...BUT IDA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE AS IT
APPROACHES THE NORTHERN GULF COAST.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 979 MB...28.91 INCHES.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 5 TO 7 FEET ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE
ALABAMA-FLORIDA LINE...ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER REACHES OF MOBILE
BAY(INCLUDING BAYOU SARA)...DOG RIVER...THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN
ISLAND AND BAYOU LA BATRE. THIS IS TRACK DEPENDENT. IF IDA PASSES
FURTHER EAST..THE LOW END OF THESE VALUES WILL BE REALIZED OVER
COASTAL ALABAMA. EAST OF ORANGE BEACH TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS WILL RANGE
FROM 3 TO 6 FEET. THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL
RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 AM ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM
RELATED FLOODING SINCE IDA'S FORECAST LANDFALL IS JUST A FEW HOURS
THEREAFTER. IF IDA MOVES IN EARLIER...THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH
TIDE MAY COINCIDE WITH LANDFALL WHICH COULD RAISE THE AFOREMENTIONED
VALUES.

&&

...WINDS...
THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO ONSET BY
MID MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE COAST AND SPREADING NORTHWARD
THEREAFTER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE ONSET OF HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS WILL OCCUR BY EARLY MORNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING.
POWER OUTAGES ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY WITH IDA...ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE COAST.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDA'S HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK AND THIS
WILL MAINLY FALL ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA. SOME 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR EAST OF
I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

&&

...TORNADOES...
TORNADOES WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN IDA'S OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM MIDDAY
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE
NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED
MILES FROM THE STORMS CENTER. 

&&

$$

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UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-
1049 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

...HURRICANE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 9 PM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST...OR ABOUT 400 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.. THIS IS
ABOUT 470 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH-
NORTHWEST OR 345 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 105 MPH.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO ONSET BY
MID MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE COAST AND SPREADING NORTHWARD
THEREAFTER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE ONSET OF HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS WILL OCCUR BY EARLY MORNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID
MORNING. POWER OUTAGES ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY WITH IDA...ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE COAST.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDA'S HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK AND THIS
WILL MAINLY FALL ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA. SOME 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR EAST OF
I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

&&

...TORNADOES...
TORNADOES WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN IDA'S OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM MIDDAY
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE
NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED
MILES FROM THE STORMS CENTER. 

&&

$$

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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
1049 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 9 PM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST...OR ABOUT 400 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.. THIS IS
ABOUT 470 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH-
NORTHWEST OR 345 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 105 MPH.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO ONSET
DURING MONDAY EVENING NEAR THE COAST AND SPREADING NORTHWARD
THEREAFTER THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. POWER
OUTAGES ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY WITH IDA.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDA'S HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK AND THIS
WILL MAINLY FALL ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA. SOME 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR EAST OF
I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

&&

...TORNADOES...
TORNADOES WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN IDA'S OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM MIDDAY
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE
NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED MILES
FROM THE STORMS CENTER.

&&

$$

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MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
1049 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 9 PM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST...OR ABOUT 400 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.. THIS IS
ABOUT 470 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH-
NORTHWEST OR 345 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 105 MPH.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE MONDAY MORNING AND HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST
TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55
TO 70 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 95 KNOTS.

&&

...MARINE...
COASTAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SEAS WILL BUILD FROM THEIR 
CURRENT 7 TO 10 FEET RANGE TONIGHT... REACHING A MAXIMUM OF 20 TO 25 
FEET EARLY TUESDAY MORNING NEAR THE PEAK OF THE EVENT. 

&&

...TORNADOES...
TORNADOES WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN IDA'S OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM MIDDAY
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE
NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED MILES
FROM THE STORMS CENTER.

&&

$$

JVW

000 
WTUS84 KMOB 090744
HLSMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IDA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
144 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...IDA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND GULF COASTAL WATERS DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING ALL OF GULF COASTAL WATERS
FROM DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1200 AM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR
FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 24.4
NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.5 WEST OR ABOUT 410 MILES...SOUTH OF PENSACOLA
FLORIDA.
 
IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK...IDA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE GULF OF
MEXICO TODAY...AND APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT OR EARLY
TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IDA
IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. GRADUAL
WEAKENING IS FORECAST...BUT IDA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE AS
IT APPROACHES THE NORTHERN GULF COAST.
 
.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST ON MONDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...IDA IS
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND
APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST MONDAY NIGHT AND MAKE LANDFALL
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ON THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST.

WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK.
UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS AS TO THE EXACT PATH THAT IDA WILL TAKE
SO PEOPLE LIVING ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST OF ALABAMA THROUGH THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND
STORM SURGE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AROUND 5 AM CST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS REGARDING THE EVOLVING
TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE
AREA.

ALZ063-064-FLZ001>006-091200-
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LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
144 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...HURRICANE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 1200 AM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR
FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 24.4
NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.5 WEST OR ABOUT 410 MILES...SOUTH OF PENSACOLA
FLORIDA.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO ONSET BY
MID MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE COAST AND SPREADING NORTHWARD
THEREAFTER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE ONSET OF HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR BY EARLY MORNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MID MORNING. POWER OUTAGES ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY WITH
IDA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDAS HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK AND
THIS WILL MAINLY FALL ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA. SOME 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR
EAST OF I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

&&

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE ALABAMA-
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST LINES. THIS IS TRACK DEPENDENT. IF
IDA PASSES FURTHER EAST. THE LOW END OF THESE VALUES WILL BE
REALIZED. THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE
FROM 2 TO 3 AM ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM RELATED
FLOODING SINCE IDAS FORECAST LANDFALL IS JUST A FEW HOURS
THEREAFTER. IF IDA MOVES IN EARLIER...THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH
TIDE MAY COINCIDE WITH LANDFALL WHICH COULD RAISE THE AFOREMENTIONED
VALUES.

&&

...TORNADOES...
TORNADOES WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN IDAS OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM MIDDAY
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE
NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED
MILES FROM THE STORMS CENTER.

&&

$$

ALZ061-062-091200-
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/O.CON.KMOB.HU.W.1011.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-
144 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM
CST TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 1200 AM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR
FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 24.4
NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.5 WEST OR ABOUT 410 MILES...SOUTH OF PENSACOLA
FLORIDA. 

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO ONSET BY
MID MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE COAST AND SPREADING NORTHWARD
THEREAFTER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE ONSET OF HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR BY EARLY MORNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MID MORNING. POWER OUTAGES ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY WITH
IDA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDAS HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK AND
THIS WILL MAINLY FALL ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA. SOME 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR
EAST OF I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

&&

...TORNADOES...
TORNADOES WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN IDAS OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM MIDDAY
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE
NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED
MILES FROM THE STORMS CENTER.

&&

$$

ALZ051>060-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-091200-
/O.CON.KMOB.TI.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091111T0000Z/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
144 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 1200 AM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR
FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 24.4
NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.5 WEST OR ABOUT 410 MILES...SOUTH OF PENSACOLA
FLORIDA.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO
BEGIN MONDAY EVENING NEAR THE COAST AND SPREADING NORTHWARD
THEREAFTER THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE
FORCE ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. POWER OUTAGES ARE A
STRONG POSSIBILITY WITH IDA.



&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDAS HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK AND THIS
WILL MAINLY FALL ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA. SOME 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR EAST OF
I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

&&

...TORNADOES...
TORNADOES WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN IDAS OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM MIDDAY
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE
NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED
MILES FROM THE STORMS CENTER.


&&

$$

GMZ630-650-655-670-675-091200-
/O.CON.KMOB.HU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
144 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 1200 AM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR
FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 24.4
NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.5 WEST OR ABOUT 410 MILES...SOUTH OF PENSACOLA
FLORIDA.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

...MARINE...
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SEAS WILL BUILD FROM THEIR CURRENT 7
TO 10 FEET RANGE TONIGHT...REACHING A MAXIMUM OF 16 TO 20 FEET WITHIN
20 NM OF THE COAST AND 20 TO 25 FEET GREATER THAN 20 NM OUT BY EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING NEAR THE PEAK OF THE EVENT.

&&

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING AND HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST
TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN
THE 45 TO 65 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 95 KNOTS. 

&&

...TORNADOES...
TORNADOES WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN IDAS OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM MIDDAY
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE
NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED
MILES FROM THE STORMS CENTER.

&&

$$

JVW

000 
WTUS84 KMOB 091139
HLSMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IDA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
539 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...IDA WEAKENS SLIGHTLY BUT REMAINS HEADED TOWARD THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE GULF COASTAL WATERS AND BAYS FROM
DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA AND OUT TO 60 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING ALL OF THE GULF COASTAL WATERS
FROM DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA AND OUT 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 300 AM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.9 WEST OR ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTH
OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.

IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK...IDA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE GULF OF
MEXICO TODAY...AND APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT OR EARLY
TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IDA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST...BUT IDA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A
HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES THE NORTHERN GULF COAST.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IDA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
HOWEVER...IDA IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE A HURRICANE WHEN IT APPROACHES
THE GULF COAST LATE TONIGHT.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
IDA HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A SLOW WEAKENING
TREND BUT IT IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE A HURRICANE WHEN IT APPROACHES
THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATE TONIGHT.

WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK.
UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS AS TO THE EXACT PATH THAT IDA WILL TAKE
SO PEOPLE LIVING ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST OF ALABAMA THROUGH THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS AND STORM SURGE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AROUND 10 AM CST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS REGARDING THE EVOLVING
TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA.

ALZ063-064-FLZ001>006-101145-
/O.EXT.KMOB.HI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091110T2000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.HU.W.1011.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
539 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...HURRICANE WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST TUESDAY...
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE IDA WAS ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA AT 3 AM CST.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  SURF WILL INCREASE DURING
THE DAY AND A LARGE BATTERING SURF IS EXPECTED FROM SUNSET THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURF HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE FROM FORT
MORGAN ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET
EXPECTED ALONG DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A HURRICANE WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO COMPLETE
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. LISTEN
CAREFULLY TO THE ADVICE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND EVACUATE IF
DIRECTED TO DO SO...ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO
COASTAL FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR
SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL
WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL
SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS
INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE
TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND SUNSET TODAY. STRONGEST WINDS
OCCURRING LATE TONIGHT WHEN WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE
FOR A FEW HOURS  MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MANY MOBILE
HOMES... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE CANOPIES...AWNINGS...OR CARPORTS.
OTHER HOMES MAY HAVE MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. SOME LOOSE
OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE TOSSED AROUND AND MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
A FEW POWER LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES. SOME LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL BE SNAPPED. 
&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE
TRACK...SOME 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR EAST OF
I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.


&&

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE POSSIBLE FROM FORT MORGAN TO
DESTIN. THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE
FROM 2 TO 3 AM ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM RELATED
FLOODING SINCE IDAS FORECAST LANDFALL IS NEAR THIS TIME. IF IDA
MOVES IN EARLIER...THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE MAY COINCIDE
WITH LANDFALL WHICH COULD RAISE THE AFOREMENTIONED VALUES.

TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER FROM FORT MORGAN TO THE
WEST..WITH DAUPHIN ISLAND RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 FEET...STILL HIGH
ENOUGH TO SEND SOME WATER ACROSS THE WEST END OF THE ISLAND.
 &&

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
SURF WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY AND A LARGE BATTERING SURF IS
EXPECTED FROM SUNSET THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURF HEIGHTS OF 10
TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE FROM FORT MORGAN ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SURF
HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET EXPECTED ALONG DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. THE RIP
CURRENT RISK WILL BE EXTREME AND PEOPLE SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER. 

&&

...TORNADOES...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS LOW...BUT IF TORNADOES DO OCCUR THEY WILL
MAINLY FORM IN IDAS OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM LATE TODAY INTO TUESDAY.
TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE
STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED MILES FROM THE STORMS CENTER.

&&

$$

ALZ061-062-101145-
/O.EXT.KMOB.HI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091110T2000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.HU.W.1011.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-
539 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 2 PM
CST TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE IDA WAS ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA AT 3 AM CST.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.


&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION ANY
PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO BEGIN
SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET OVER THE INTERIOR OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES.
STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SOME GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE POSSIBLE. WINDS
DIMINISHING BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
POWER OUTAGES ARE A POSSIBILITY WITH IDA. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO
OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH
AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE... AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN
AROUND. 

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDAS HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK AND
THIS WILL MAINLY FALL ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA. SOME 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR
EAST OF I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

&&

$$

ALZ051>060-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101145-
/O.EXT.KMOB.TI.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091110T2000Z/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
539 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST
TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE IDA WAS ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA AT 3 AM CST.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION ANY
PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.


&&

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND
NEAR MIDNIGHT WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND
50 MPH WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CENTER OF IDAS CIRCULATION...OR ACROSS
ESCAMBIA AND COVINGTON COUNTIES ALABAMA AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY. 

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDAS HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK
AND THIS WILL MAINLY FALL ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF ALABAMA. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF
RAINFALL...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR EAST OF
I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.
 

&&

$$

GMZ630-650-655-670-675-101145-
/O.CON.KMOB.HU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
539 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE IDA WAS ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA AT 3 AM CST.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. ANY SMALL CRAFT AT SEA SHOULD RETURN TO
SAFE HARBOR THIS MORNING. 

&&

...MARINE...
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SEAS WILL BUILD FROM THEIR CURRENT 8 TO
12 FEET THIS MORNING TO A MAXIMUM OF 17 TO 23 FEET WITHIN 20 NM OF
THE COAST AND 21 TO 26 FEET BEYOND 20 NM OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT. 

&&

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 40 MILES OFFSHORE...
CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS. WINDS AT OR NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 70 KNOT RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS.

&&

...TORNADOES...
A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER
RAIN BANDS OF IDA AND NEAR THE CENTER AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE COASTAL
AND OFFSHORE WATERS LATER TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. &&

$$

000 
WTUS84 KMOB 091218 CCA
HLSMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IDA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
539 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...IDA WEAKENS SLIGHTLY BUT REMAINS HEADED TOWARD THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE GULF COASTAL WATERS AND BAYS FROM
DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA AND OUT TO 60 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING ALL OF THE GULF COASTAL WATERS
FROM DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA AND OUT 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 300 AM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.9 WEST OR ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTH
OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.

IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK...IDA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE GULF OF
MEXICO TODAY...AND APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT OR EARLY
TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...WITH HIGHER 
GUSTS. IDA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. 
ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
HOWEVER...IDA IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE A HURRICANE WHEN IT APPROACHES 
THE GULF COAST LATE TONIGHT.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
IDA HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A SLOW 
WEAKENING TREND BUT IT IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE A HURRICANE WHEN IT 
APPROACHES THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATE TONIGHT.

WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK.
UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS AS TO THE EXACT PATH THAT IDA WILL TAKE
SO PEOPLE LIVING ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST OF ALABAMA THROUGH THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS AND STORM SURGE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AROUND 10 AM CST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS REGARDING THE EVOLVING
TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA.

ALZ063-064-FLZ001>006-101145-
/O.EXT.KMOB.HI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091110T2000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.HU.W.1011.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
539 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...HURRICANE WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST TUESDAY...
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE IDA WAS ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA AT 3 AM CST.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  SURF WILL INCREASE DURING
THE DAY AND A LARGE BATTERING SURF IS EXPECTED FROM SUNSET THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURF HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE FROM FORT
MORGAN ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET
EXPECTED ALONG DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A HURRICANE WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO COMPLETE
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. LISTEN
CAREFULLY TO THE ADVICE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND EVACUATE IF
DIRECTED TO DO SO...ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO
COASTAL FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR
SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL
WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL
SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS
INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE
TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND SUNSET TODAY. STRONGEST WINDS
OCCURRING LATE TONIGHT WHEN WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE
FOR A FEW HOURS  MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MANY MOBILE
HOMES... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE CANOPIES...AWNINGS...OR CARPORTS.
OTHER HOMES MAY HAVE MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. SOME LOOSE
OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE TOSSED AROUND AND MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
A FEW POWER LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES. SOME LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL BE SNAPPED. 
&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE
TRACK...SOME 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR EAST OF
I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.


&&

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE POSSIBLE FROM FORT MORGAN TO
DESTIN. THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE
FROM 2 TO 3 AM ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM RELATED
FLOODING SINCE IDAS FORECAST LANDFALL IS NEAR THIS TIME. IF IDA
MOVES IN EARLIER...THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE MAY COINCIDE
WITH LANDFALL WHICH COULD RAISE THE AFOREMENTIONED VALUES.

TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER FROM FORT MORGAN TO THE
WEST..WITH DAUPHIN ISLAND RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 FEET...STILL HIGH
ENOUGH TO SEND SOME WATER ACROSS THE WEST END OF THE ISLAND.
 &&

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
SURF WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY AND A LARGE BATTERING SURF IS
EXPECTED FROM SUNSET THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURF HEIGHTS OF 10
TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE FROM FORT MORGAN ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SURF
HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET EXPECTED ALONG DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. THE RIP
CURRENT RISK WILL BE EXTREME AND PEOPLE SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE 
WATER. 

&&

...TORNADOES...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS LOW...BUT IF TORNADOES DO OCCUR THEY WILL
MAINLY FORM IN IDAS OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM LATE TODAY INTO TUESDAY.
TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE
STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED MILES FROM THE STORMS CENTER.

&&

$$

ALZ061-062-101145-
/O.EXT.KMOB.HI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091110T2000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.HU.W.1011.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-
539 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 2 PM
CST TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE IDA WAS ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA AT 3 AM CST.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.


&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION 
ANY PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO BEGIN 
SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET OVER THE INTERIOR OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN 
COUNTIES. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY WHEN 
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SOME GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE 
FORCE POSSIBLE. WINDS DIMINISHING BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE BY 
EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. POWER OUTAGES ARE A POSSIBILITY WITH IDA. 
MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE 
LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE... 
AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. 

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDAS HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK AND
THIS WILL MAINLY FALL ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA. SOME 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR
EAST OF I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

&&

$$

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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
539 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST
TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE IDA WAS ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA AT 3 AM CST.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION 
ANY PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.


&&

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND
NEAR MIDNIGHT WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND
50 MPH WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CENTER OF IDAS CIRCULATION...OR ACROSS
ESCAMBIA AND COVINGTON COUNTIES ALABAMA AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY. 

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDAS HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK
AND THIS WILL MAINLY FALL ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF ALABAMA. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF
RAINFALL...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR EAST OF
I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.
 

&&

$$

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MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
539 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE IDA WAS ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA AT 3 AM CST.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. ANY SMALL CRAFT AT SEA SHOULD RETURN TO
SAFE HARBOR THIS MORNING. 

&&

...MARINE...
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SEAS WILL BUILD FROM THEIR CURRENT 8 TO
12 FEET THIS MORNING TO A MAXIMUM OF 17 TO 23 FEET WITHIN 20 NM OF
THE COAST AND 21 TO 26 FEET BEYOND 20 NM OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT. 

&&

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 40 MILES OFFSHORE...
CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS. WINDS AT OR NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 70 KNOT RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS.

&&

...TORNADOES...
A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER
RAIN BANDS OF IDA AND NEAR THE CENTER AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE COASTAL
AND OFFSHORE WATERS LATER TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. &&

$$

000 
WTUS84 KMOB 091639
HLSMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IDA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1039 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...IDA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT HEADS TOWARD THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND GULF COASTAL WATERS DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF GULF COASTAL
WATERS DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND
INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 

ALL HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 9 AM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 185 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THIS IS
ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AL. 

IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH AND THEN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IDA IS EXPECTED TO
MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TUESDAY MORNING. AFTER
LANDFALL...A TURN TO THE EAST IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND ARE NOW NEAR 70
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TODAY
AS IDA APPROACHES THE COAST.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
IDA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS IT
APPROACHES THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. EVEN WITH THE STORM WEAKENING...
THE THREAT FOR COASTAL FLOODING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG WINDS
STILL EXISTS.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AROUND 2 PM CST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

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LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1039 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
...HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AND IS ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF
MOBILE AS OF 9 AM CST. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT WITH
ALL HURRICANE WARNINGS DISCONTINUED. SURF WILL INCREASE DURING THE
DAY AND A LARGE BATTERING SURF IS EXPECTED FROM SUNSET THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURF HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE FROM FORT
MORGAN ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET
EXPECTED ALONG DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO SPREAD
INLAND THROUGH THE DAY. A WESTWARD SHIFT IN THE FORECAST TRACK MAY
RESULT IN HIGHER STORM SURGE TOTALS IN MOBILE BAY.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO
COMPLETION ANY PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IDA APPROACHES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INLAND 
THIS EVENING EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND NEAR MIDNIGHT WEST OF INTERSTATE
65. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST AND GUSTS
TO 40 TO 50 MPH FURTHER INLAND. 

&&

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHERN MOBILE
COUNTY TO FORT MORGAN. TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY. ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET ARE CURRENTLY
ANTICIPATED. THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL
RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 AM ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM
RELATED FLOODING SINCE IDA WILL BE NEARING THIS COAST DURING THIS
TIME.

THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTS OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS
DAUPHIN ISLAND WITH WATER REPORTED FROM ST. STEPHENS ROAD TO THE WEST
END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND. 

&&

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
SURF WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY AND A LARGE BATTERING SURF IS
EXPECTED FROM SUNSET THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURF HEIGHTS OF 10
TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE FROM FORT MORGAN ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SURF
HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET EXPECTED ALONG DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. THE RIP
CURRENT RISK WILL BE EXTREME AND PEOPLE SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE 
WATER. 

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
THE WESTWARD SHIFT IN IDAS TRACK WILL BRING A HEAVY RAIN THREAT TO
MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 3 TO
6 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 

&&

...TORNADOES...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS LOW...BUT IF TORNADOES DO OCCUR THEY WILL
MAINLY FORM IN IDAS OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM LATE TODAY INTO TUESDAY.
TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE
STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED MILES FROM THE STORMS CENTER.

&&

$$

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/O.EXB.KMOB.TI.W.0002.091109T1800Z-091111T0000Z/
UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-
1039 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
...HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST
NEAR 17 MPH. THE STORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AS
OF 9 AM CST. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT WITH ALL
HURRICANE WARNINGS DISCONTINUED.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO
COMPLETION ANY PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IDA APPROACHES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...
MAINLY IN GUSTS...ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING EAST OF
INTERSTATE 65 AND NEAR MIDNIGHT WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. WINDS GUSTS OF
40 AND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDA WILL SPREAD HEAVY RAIN NORTH TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. STORM
TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

&&

$$

ALZ051>060-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101645-
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
1039 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES NORTH NORTHWEST AT
17 MPH. THE STORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AS OF 9
AM CST. 

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO
COMPLETION ANY PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IDA APPROACHES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL
SPREAD INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI....SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 AND 45
MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
THE WESTWARD SHIFT IN IDAS TRACK WILL BRING A HEAVY RAIN THREAT TO
MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE
REST OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. 

&&

$$

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/O.NEW.KMOB.TR.W.0002.091109T1639Z-000000T0000Z/
MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
1039 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES NORTH NORTHWEST AT
17 MPH. THE STORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AS OF 9
AM CST.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. ANY SMALL CRAFT AT SEA SHOULD RETURN
TO SAFE HARBOR THIS MORNING.

&&

...MARINE...
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SEAS WILL BUILD FROM THEIR CURRENT
9 TO 12 FEET THIS MORNING TO A MAXIMUM OF 17 TO 23 FEET WITHIN
20 NM OF THE COAST AND 21 TO 26 FEET BEYOND 20 NM OFFSHORE
OVERNIGHT.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
SPREAD CLOSER TO THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 40 TO 50 KNOT RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. 

&&

...TORNADOES...
A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER
RAIN BANDS OF IDA AND NEAR THE CENTER AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE
COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS LATER TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. 
&&

&&

$$

000 
WTUS84 KMOB 091656
HLSMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IDA LOCAL STATEMENT...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1055 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...IDA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT HEADS TOWARD THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND GULF COASTAL WATERS DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF GULF COASTAL
WATERS DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND
INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 

ALL HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 9 AM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 185 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THIS IS
ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AL. 

IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH AND THEN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IDA IS EXPECTED TO
MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TUESDAY MORNING. AFTER
LANDFALL...A TURN TO THE EAST IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND ARE NOW NEAR 70
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TODAY
AS IDA APPROACHES THE COAST.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
IDA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS IT
APPROACHES THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. EVEN WITH THE STORM WEAKENING...
THE THREAT FOR COASTAL FLOODING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG WINDS
STILL EXISTS.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AROUND 2 PM CST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

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LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1055 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
...HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AND IS ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF
MOBILE AS OF 9 AM CST. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT WITH
ALL HURRICANE WARNINGS DISCONTINUED. SURF WILL INCREASE DURING THE
DAY AND A LARGE BATTERING SURF IS EXPECTED FROM SUNSET THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURF HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE FROM FORT
MORGAN ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET
EXPECTED ALONG DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO SPREAD
INLAND THROUGH THE DAY. A WESTWARD SHIFT IN THE FORECAST TRACK MAY
RESULT IN HIGHER STORM SURGE TOTALS IN MOBILE BAY.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO
COMPLETION ANY PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IDA APPROACHES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INLAND 
THIS EVENING EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND NEAR MIDNIGHT WEST OF INTERSTATE
65. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST AND GUSTS
TO 40 TO 50 MPH FURTHER INLAND. 

&&

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHERN MOBILE
COUNTY TO FORT MORGAN. TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY. ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET ARE CURRENTLY
ANTICIPATED. THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL
RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 AM ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM
RELATED FLOODING SINCE IDA WILL BE NEARING THIS COAST DURING THIS
TIME.

THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTS OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS
DAUPHIN ISLAND WITH WATER REPORTED FROM ST. STEPHENS ROAD TO THE WEST
END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND. 

&&

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
SURF WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY AND A LARGE BATTERING SURF IS
EXPECTED FROM SUNSET THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURF HEIGHTS OF 10
TO 15 FEET POSSIBLE FROM FORT MORGAN ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SURF
HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET EXPECTED ALONG DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. THE RIP
CURRENT RISK WILL BE EXTREME AND PEOPLE SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE 
WATER. 

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
THE WESTWARD SHIFT IN IDAS TRACK WILL BRING A HEAVY RAIN THREAT TO
MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 3 TO
6 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 

&&

...TORNADOES...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS LOW...BUT IF TORNADOES DO OCCUR THEY WILL
MAINLY FORM IN IDAS OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM LATE TODAY INTO TUESDAY.
TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE
STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED MILES FROM THE STORMS CENTER.

&&

$$

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/O.CAN.KMOB.HI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091110T2000Z/
/O.CAN.KMOB.HU.W.1011.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.TR.W.1011.091109T1655Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KMOB.TI.W.0002.091109T1800Z-091111T0000Z/
UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-
1055 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
...HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST
NEAR 17 MPH. THE STORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AS
OF 9 AM CST. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT WITH ALL
HURRICANE WARNINGS DISCONTINUED.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO
COMPLETION ANY PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IDA APPROACHES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...
MAINLY IN GUSTS...ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING EAST OF
INTERSTATE 65 AND NEAR MIDNIGHT WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. WINDS GUSTS OF
40 AND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
IDA WILL SPREAD HEAVY RAIN NORTH TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. STORM
TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

&&

$$

ALZ051>060-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101700-
/O.EXT.KMOB.TI.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091111T0000Z/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
1055 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES NORTH NORTHWEST AT
17 MPH. THE STORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AS OF 9
AM CST. 

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...TODAY IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO
COMPLETION ANY PREPARATIONS NEEDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IDA APPROACHES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL
SPREAD INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI....SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 AND 45
MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
THE WESTWARD SHIFT IN IDAS TRACK WILL BRING A HEAVY RAIN THREAT TO
MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE
REST OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. 

&&

$$

GMZ630-650-655-670-675-101700-
/O.CAN.KMOB.HU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.TR.W.0002.091109T1655Z-000000T0000Z/
MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
1055 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
IDA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES NORTH NORTHWEST AT
17 MPH. THE STORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AS OF 9
AM CST.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. ANY SMALL CRAFT AT SEA SHOULD RETURN
TO SAFE HARBOR THIS MORNING.

&&

...MARINE...
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SEAS WILL BUILD FROM THEIR CURRENT
9 TO 12 FEET THIS MORNING TO A MAXIMUM OF 17 TO 23 FEET WITHIN
20 NM OF THE COAST AND 21 TO 26 FEET BEYOND 20 NM OFFSHORE
OVERNIGHT.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
SPREAD CLOSER TO THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 40 TO 50 KNOT RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. 

&&

...TORNADOES...
A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER
RAIN BANDS OF IDA AND NEAR THE CENTER AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE
COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS LATER TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. 
&&

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
319 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) QUITE A COMPLEX AND
CHALLENGING FORECAST WITH THE APPROACH OF HURRICANE IDA. HURRICANE
IDA HAS SLOWLY STRENGTHENED FOR MUCH OF THE DAY WITH THE SYSTEM
LOOKING IMPRESSIVE ON SATELLITE AND CANCUN RADAR. HOWEVER...THE LAST
FEW SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW A LITTLE MORE RAGGED CONVECTIVE ENVELOPE
WITH SIGNS OF SOUTHERLY SHEAR MAY BE STARTING TO AFFECT THE SYSTEM.

IDA IS FORECAST TO LEVEL OFF IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AS IT
CONTINUES NORTH NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. WEAKENING IS
STILL EXPECTED AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY AS IDA
APPROACHES MUCH COOLER GULF WATERS. IN ADDITION...UPPER LEVEL WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO BECOME MORE HOSTILE AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER
WESTERN TEXAS MOVES EAST TOWARD THE GULF. THIS SAME UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO SEND IDA NORTHWARD AND IT IS EXPECTED TO
APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. THE BIG QUESTION MARK IS HOW FAST DOES IDA WEAKEN AND WILL
IT MAINTAIN TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AS IT APPROACHES OUR AREA?
THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME MIXED SIGNALS OUT THERE AND FORECASTING
EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION IS ALWAYS CHALLENGING. THE GFS HAS
DEVELOPED AN INTERESTING SCENARIO WHERE IT FORECASTS A BAROCLINIC
LOW TO DEVELOP IN THE WESTERN GULF TOMORROW...WHICH IN TURN HANGS UP
THE EASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. THIS ALLOWS IDA TO SHOOT
NORTH...REMAINING IN THE WARM SECTOR AND DELAYING A TRANSITION. IN
FACT...THE CYCLONE PHASE DIAGRAM CHART FROM THE GFS REVEALS THE MODEL
MAINTAINING A TROPICAL SYSTEM UP UNTIL LANDFALL. HOWEVER...EVEN WITH
THE TROUGH HOLDING BACK...THE COOLER WATER...COOLER DRIER
CONTINENTAL AIR...AND INCREASING SHEAR WOULD SUGGEST THE SYSTEM MAY
BEGIN TO LOSE ITS TROPICAL FEATURES. TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE
COMPLICATED...THE HURRICANE WILL BEGIN TO INTERACT WITH A STRONG
UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK TO ITS NORTH...WHICH MAY SERVE AS A STRONG
POLEWARD OUTFLOW...HELPING TO MAINTAIN ITS INTENSITY. ALL IN ALL...IT
IS GOING TO BE A VERY CLOSE CALL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS SYSTEM
MAINTAINING THE PUNCH OF A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE IS HIGH ENOUGH TO
WARRANT THE ISSUANCE OF A HURRICANE WATCH FOR OUR ENTIRE COAST.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IF INDEED IDA BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL...WE ARE
STILL LOOKING AT A SIGNIFICANT WIND AND COASTAL FLOODING IMPACT. AS
IDA TRANSITIONS...ITS WIND FIELD WILL BROADEN AND THE GRADIENT
BETWEEN IDA AND THE HIGH TO OUR NORTH WILL PUT US IN QUITE THE
SQUEEZE PLAY...RESULTING IN STRONG GRADIENT WINDS. GIVEN THE
POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT WINDS SPREADING INLAND...HAVE ALSO ISSUED
A INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH FOR INLAND ZONES. IT IS IMPORTANT
TO STRESS NOT TO FOCUS ON WHETHER THIS IS TROPICAL OR NON TROPICAL.
INSTEAD...PREPARE FOR THE WINDS AND POTENTIAL COASTAL FLOODING
REGARDLESS. PLEASE REFER TO OUR HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS FOR
SPECIFIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH IDA.

TONIGHT LOOKS MOSTLY DRY WITH JUST INCREASING CLOUDS AND WINDS AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEGINS TO TIGHTEN. REALLY RAMP UP POPS BY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH ALL ZONES CATEGORICAL TOMORROW NIGHT WITH
THE STORM APPROACHING THE COAST. HEAVY RAIN CERTAINLY A THREAT WITH
TOTALS OF 2-4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. SINCE FLASH
FLOOD GUIDANCE IS RATHER HIGH...HAVE DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW. LATEST NHC TRACK HAS THE REMNANTS OF IDA
SHIFTING EAST OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY...AND WILL FOLLOW SUIT ON
REDUCING POPS FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE DAY. STUCK CLOSE TO MOS
TEMPS THROUGH PERIOD. /34 JFB

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST WITH ALL ATTENTION DEVOTED TO IDA. A RETURN
TO AUTUMN WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED MID TO LATE WEEK AS IDA MOVES OUT
AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE FORECAST AREA IN THE WAKE OF A COLD
FRONT. LATEST GUIDANCE WAFFLING ON THE WEEKEND PATTERN...SO WILL
LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN FOR NOW...BUT SUSPECT THAT CAN BE TAKEN
OUT IN SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS. 34/JFB

&&

.AVIATION...(18Z ISSUANCE)...HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD
THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. CIGS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER THROUGH THE
MORNING ON MONDAY. HOWEVER VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 18Z.
HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE GRADIENT
BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH AND HURRICANE IDA INCREASES.
EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. /13

&&

.MARINE...EASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE MARINE
AREA AS HURRICANE IDA CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD. GALE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. AS HURRICANE IDA APPROACHES THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HURRICANE
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MARINE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT. AS IDA MOVES INLAND LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING
SHE WILL TRANSITION TO EXTRA TROPICAL AND DRAG A STRONG COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE MARINE AREA ON TUESDAY. THE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN TIGHT BEHIND
THE FRONT AS ANOTHER STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD
THUS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT THROUGH THURSDAY. /13

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      61  70  62  71 /  20  80  80  40
PENSACOLA   63  71  63  70 /  05  80  90  40
DESTIN      65  73  65  69 /  05  80  90  50
EVERGREEN   55  71  61  70 /  05  60  90  60
WAYNESBORO  56  69  58  71 /  10  70  80  40
CAMDEN      55  71  60  69 /  05  60  90  60

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...HURRICANE WIND WATCH UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN...AND UPPER
     MOBILE.

     HURRICANE WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LOWER
     BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN...AND UPPER MOBILE.

     TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...
     CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...MONROE...WASHINGTON...AND WILCOX.

FL...HURRICANE WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...
     INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

     HURRICANE WIND WATCH UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...
     INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

MS...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND WAYNE.

GM...HURRICANE WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM...
     COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20
     NM...MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM
     20 TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS
     FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
140 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-101500-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
140 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT

   UNTIL IDA HAS MOVED INLAND PLEASE REFER TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL
STATEMENT FROM THE NWS IN MOBILE FOR DETAILED LOCAL INFORMATION.
ALSO...GRAPHICAL PROBABILISTIC INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE
FOLLOWING WEB SITE FOR SURGE...WIND...TORNADO AND HEAVY RAINFALL
INDUCED FLOODING EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH IDA AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GHLS AND CLICK ON THE MOBILE AREA

THIS WILL BE THE LAST HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCT ISSUED UNTIL
IDA HAS PASSED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THIS WILL BE THE LAST HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCT ISSUED UNTIL
IDA HAS PASSED. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF IDA
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SURFACE WINDS SHOULD RETURN TO THE 10 TO 20
MPH RANGE BY LATE DAY TUESDAY UNDER CLEARING SKIES. SEAS WILL BEGIN
TO LAY DOWN AFTER THAT TIME.  DRY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN
ASSOCIATION WITH CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE FROM MID-WEEK
THROUGH LATE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS ON IDA.

MEDLIN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
648 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-090600-
UPPER
MOBILE-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WASHINGTON-CONECUH-MONROE-BUTLER-CLARKE-
CRENSHAW-WILCOX-CHOCTAW-INLAND OKALOOSA-INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA
ROSA-GEORGE-STONE-PERRY-GREENE-WAYNE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER
BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA
ROSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAKESVILLE...LUCEDALE...NEW AUGUSTA...
WAYNESBORO...WIGGINS...CRESTVIEW...DESTIN...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NAVARRE...PENSACOLA...ANDALUSIA...BAY MINETTE...BREWTON...BUTLER...
CAMDEN...CHATOM...DAUPHIN ISLAND...DOWNTOWN MOBILE...EVERGREEN...
GROVE HILL...LUVERNE AND MONROEVILLE...
648 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

...IDA SLIGHTLY STRONGER AND MOVING NORTHWARD...

...THIS PRODUCT WILL BE USE DIN LIEU OF THE HURRICANE LOCAL
STATEMENT UNTIL TECHNICAL ISSUES ARE RESOLVED...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN SELECT LOCATIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA TO MEXICO BEACH
FLORIDA...INCLUDING MOBILE PENSACOLA NAVARRE AND DESTIN.  A
HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. INLAND TROPICAL STORM
WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND INTERIOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF IDA.  ADDITIONAL TROPICAL CYCLONE
WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT OR MONDAY.

.STORM INFORMATION...AT 600 PM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.5 WEST OR ABOUT
445 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...IDA IS
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND BE
NEAR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IDA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND IDA IS FORECAST
TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN ON MONDAY.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE FROM AIRCRAFT DATA IS 979
MB...OR 28.91 INCHES.

...WINDS...
THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO
ONSET MONDAY. ON THE CURRENT FORECAST PATH...IDA SHOULD BE LOCATED
NEAR THE MOUTH OF MOBILE BAY BY SUNRISE TUESDAY WITH NEAR HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 65 TO 75 MPH RANGE...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  EXPECT 40 50 MPH WINDS INLAND WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.
IDA WILL THEN TURN MORE TO THE EAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS. STRONG
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WILL CREATE  A VERY WINDY
SITUATION EVEN IF IDAS CENTER DOES PASS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ANY
GIVEN POINT...SO DO NOT JUST FOCUS ON THE LATEST TRACKS CENTERLINE.
POWER OUTAGES ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY WITH THIS IDA...ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE COAST.

...STORM SURGE...TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 5 TO 7 FEET ARE POSSIBLE WEST
OF THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA LINE...ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER REACHES OF
MOBILE BAY(INCLUDING BAYOU SARA)...DOG RIVER...THE WEST END OF
DAUPHIN ISLAND AND BAYOU LA BATRE.  EAST OF ORANGE BEACH TOTAL TIDE
HEIGHTS WILL RANGE FROM 2.5 TO 3.5 FEET.  THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL
HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 AM ACROSS THE REGION.
THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM RELATED FLOODING SINCE IDAS FORECAST
LANDFALL IS JUST A FEW HOURS THEREAFTER. IF IDA MOVES IN
EARLIER...THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE MAY COINCIDE WITH
LANDFALL WHICH COULD RAISE THE AFOREMENTIONED VALUES.

...SEAS...
COASTAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SEAS WILL BUILD FROM THEIR
CURRENT 7 TO 10 FEET RANGE TONIGHT... REACHING A MAXIMUM OF 20 TO 25
FEET EARLY TUESDAY MORNING NEAR THE PEAK OF THE EVENT.  FINAL
PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE DRAWING TO A CLOSE.

...TORNADOES...
TORNADOES WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN IDAS OUTER RAINBANDS FROM MIDDAY
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.  TORNADOES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE
NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STORM AND CAN HAPPEN A FEW HUNDRED MILES
FROM THE STORMS CENTER. PLEASE BE VIGILANT

...RAINFALL...IDAS HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE TO THE RIGHT OF THE
TRACK AND THIS WILL MAINLY FALL ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.  SOME 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR EAST
OF I-65...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE
ISSUED LATER.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE BY 11 PM.

MEDLIN