...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.
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...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 FLOOD WATCH MAY
BE ISSUED LATER.
...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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