...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.
$$

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 6 PM CST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 140 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA. THIS IS ABOUT
530 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE AL...OR ABOUT 510 MILES SOUTH OF
PENSACOLA FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 340 DEGREES AT 12
MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 105 MPH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...BEFORE CONDITIONS
DETERIORATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH
CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. STRONGLY CONSIDER EVACUATING IF YOU LIVE IN A
MOBILE HOME...AND DO SO IF ORDERED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS.
...WINDS...
THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO ONSET BY MID MONDAY
AFTERNOON NEAR THE COAST AND SPREADING THEREAFTER. 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 IDA`S CENTER DOES
PASS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ANY GIVEN POINT...SO DO NOT JUST FOCUS ON
THE LATEST TRACK`S CENTERLINE. POWER OUTAGES ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY
WITH THIS 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 FLOOD WATCH MAY BE
ISSUED LATER.
...TORNADOES...
TORNADOES WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN IDA`S 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.
$$
MEDLIN