THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE FISH RIVER NEAR SILVERHILL
* FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
* AT 7AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS...1.6 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 11.1 FEET BY TOMORROW EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  BY TOMORROW EVENING.
* AT 11.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...COUNTY ROAD 48 FLOODS AT BRIDGE
$$

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE STYX RIVER NEAR ELSANOR
* FROM TUESDAY MORNING UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
* AT 8AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS...1.9 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 12.3 FEET BY TOMORROW EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE BY TOMORROW EVENING.
* AT 12.0 FEET...RESIDENCE DOWNSTREAM AT SEMINOLE LANDING SHOULD BE ALERT TO
  POSSIBLE FLOODING AS THE GAGE RISES TO THE 12 FOOT FLOOD STAGE.
$$

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
THE COMBINATION OF STRONG EASTERLY WINDS COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDE
LEVELS IS EXPECTED TO CREATE TIDE LEVELS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WILL CREATE TOTAL TIDE LEVELS OF 3 TO 4 FEET. IF IDA
IS STRONGER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF...
THE INCREASED SWELL WOULD CAUSE EVEN HIGHER TIDE LEVELS THAN THE
CURRENT FORECAST.
RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS
OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING MOBILE BAY...ALONG
WITH COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN CASE THESE HIGH TIDE
LEVELS ARE REACHED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...AND TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT PROPERTY.
$$

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE
 FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...BUTLER...CLARKE...CONECUH...
 COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER
 MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE AND WILCOX. IN
 NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
 COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND
 INLAND SANTA ROSA.
* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
* A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF SOUTHWEST
  ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY...DUE TO
  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM IDA. IDA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE LATE
  TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6
  INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH
  AREA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
$$

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
BASED ON RECENT RADAR TRENDS...IT IS APPARENT THAT IDA
WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATE THIS EVENING...MOSTLY LIKELY OVER COASTAL
ALABAMA. AN ABRUPT INCREASE IN WINDS ABOVE TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER
THE BEACHES HAS BEGUN TO ONSET IN THE PAST HOUR. THIS TREND WILL
FOLLOW SUIT FURTHER INLAND THROUGH 10 PM CST. TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS ARE
NOW BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ACROSS THE REGION...AND ARE HIGHEST EAST OF
THE CENTER.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.
...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL FORCE WIND SPEED OF 39 MPH OR HIGHER ARE NOW
OCCURRING FROM THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND EASTWARD TO NEAR
PENSACOLA. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD FURTHER
INLAND THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SUSTAINED WINDS
WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA INTO TUESDAY MORNING THEN DECREASE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE
OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS
ON TUESDAY. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST
WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH FURTHER INLAND UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE ON
TUESDAY. POWER OUTAGES ARE A REAL POSSIBILITY WITH IDA
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN
MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA.  ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET ARE ANTICIPATED. THE
TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 AM
ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM RELATED FLOODING DUE TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS FROM IDA 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...AND WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER ROADWAYS AT FORT PICKENS IN
SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA.
...INLAND FLOODING...
CURRENT RAINFALL RATES ARE NO MORE THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR. THESE
RATES WILL INCREASE AS IDA`S CIRCULATION CENTER NEARS THE COAST
LATER THIS EVENING AND EARLY TUESDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE
THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 8 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT SHOULD
FLOODING OCCUR.
...TORNADOES...
GIVE VERY STABLE AIR NEAR THE COAST...THE TORNADO THREAT IS LOW. IF A
TORNADO WERE TO OCCUR IT WOULD BE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS NEAR THE COAST.
...COASTAL HAZARDS...
MODERATE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE WEST END OF
DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND WAVES. RIP CURRENTS
ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF...AND SWIMMERS
SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
$$

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
BASED ON RECENT RADAR TRENDS...IT IS APPARENT THAT IDA
WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATE THIS EVENING...MOSTLY LIKELY OVER COASTAL
ALABAMA. AN ABRUPT INCREASE IN WINDS ABOVE TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER
THE BEACHES HAS BEGUN TO ONSET IN THE PAST HOUR. THIS TREND WILL
FOLLOW SUIT FURTHER INLAND THROUGH 10 PM CST. TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS ARE
NOW BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ACROSS THE REGION...AND ARE HIGHEST EAST OF
THE CENTER.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.
...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL FORCE WIND SPEED OF 39 MPH OR HIGHER ARE NOW
OCCURRING FROM THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND EASTWARD TO NEAR
PENSACOLA. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD FURTHER
INLAND THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SUSTAINED WINDS
WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA INTO TUESDAY MORNING THEN DECREASE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE
OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS
ON TUESDAY. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST
WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH FURTHER INLAND UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE ON
TUESDAY. POWER OUTAGES ARE A REAL POSSIBILITY WITH IDA
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN
MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA.  ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET ARE ANTICIPATED. THE
TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 AM
ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM RELATED FLOODING DUE TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS FROM IDA 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...AND WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER ROADWAYS AT FORT PICKENS IN
SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA.
...INLAND FLOODING...
CURRENT RAINFALL RATES ARE NO MORE THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR. THESE
RATES WILL INCREASE AS IDA`S CIRCULATION CENTER NEARS THE COAST
LATER THIS EVENING AND EARLY TUESDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE
THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 8 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT SHOULD
FLOODING OCCUR.
...TORNADOES...
GIVE VERY STABLE AIR NEAR THE COAST...THE TORNADO THREAT IS LOW. IF A
TORNADO WERE TO OCCUR IT WOULD BE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS NEAR THE COAST.
...COASTAL HAZARDS...
MODERATE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE WEST END OF
DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND WAVES. RIP CURRENTS
ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF...AND SWIMMERS
SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
$$