...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 IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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.
* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
* A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN AND COASTAL AREAS
  OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA GENERALLY EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR INCLUDING
  CLARK COUNTY IN ALABAMA AND ALL AREAS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA FROM
  MIDDAY MONDAY THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY...DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
  FROM IDA. IDA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
  NEAR THE FLORIDA ALABAMA BORDER BRINGING HEAVY RAND BANDS TO THE
  COASTAL AREAS OF FLORIDA AND ALABAMA BY MID AFTERNOON ON MONDAY
  SPREADING INLAND OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
  ALABAMA OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3
  TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN WATCH
  AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
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.
$$

...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 OR EARLY TUESDAY.
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.
...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.
$$

...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 OR EARLY TUESDAY.
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.
...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.
$$