WX Alert

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WTUS82 KTAE 090601
HLSTAE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IDA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
101 AM EST MON NOV 9 2009

...IDA HEADING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD WITH HURRICANE WARNINGS NOW IN
EFFECT...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHERN GEORGIA...AND NORTHERN
FLORIDA AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE
NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM DESTIN EASTWARD TO
INDIAN PASS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF INDIAN PASS
TO THE AUCILLA RIVER ENTRANCE.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INLAND PORTIONS
OF BAY...WALTON...GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES AS WELL AS FOR THE
FOLLOWING INLAND COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PANHANDLE...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...JACKSON...CALHOUN AND LIBERTY.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND...COFFEE...DALE...HENRY...GENEVA...HOUSTIN...EARLY...MILLER...
BAKER...MITCHELL...SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS...GADSDEN...LEON
AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF WAKULLA AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 AM EST...OR 12 AM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.5 WEST...OR ABOUT
420 MILES SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY FL...OR ABOUT 460 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE FL. IDA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST
AT 14 MPH. IDA HAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 105 MPH...WHICH
MAKES IT A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.

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