...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
  THE MURDER CREEK AT BREWTON
* FROM TOMORROW LATE EVENING UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* AT 8PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.1 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 22.5 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
$$

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES
FOR
  THE BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR BAKER
* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
* AT 9PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.7 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 12.8 FEET BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
$$

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES
FOR THE BIG COLDWATER CREEK NEAR MILTON
* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING
* AT 9PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.6 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 10.2 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  BY WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
$$

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
  THE SHOAL RIVER NEAR CRESTVIEW
* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* AT 9PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 5 FEET
* NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 8.6 FEET BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  BY THURSDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
$$

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA HAS BECOME ELONGATED
AND POORLY DEFINED AND IS NOW ESTIMATED TO BE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. IDA HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS NOW MOVING TO
THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH AND A FURTHER DECREASE IN SPEED IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH- NORTHEAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SOME WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND INTO
EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  A WIND GUST TO 55 MPH WAS REPORTED
EARLIER THIS EVENING NEAR FOLEY ALABAMA.  THIS TREND OF INCREASING
WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS SPREADING MAINLY INTO THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 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 3 TO 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MOBILE
AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA.  ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 2 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 GENERALLY ONE INCH PER HOUR OR LESS BUT
HIGHER RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL SOON SPREAD
INTO COASTAL BALDWIN COUNTY AND ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND SPREAD
FURTHER INLAND OVER THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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...
AT 10 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA HAS BECOME ELONGATED
AND POORLY DEFINED AND IS NOW ESTIMATED TO BE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA. IDA HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS NOW MOVING TO
THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH AND A FURTHER DECREASE IN SPEED IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH- NORTHEAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SOME WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND INTO
EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  A WIND GUST TO 55 MPH WAS REPORTED
EARLIER THIS EVENING NEAR FOLEY ALABAMA.  THIS TREND OF INCREASING
WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS SPREADING MAINLY INTO THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 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 3 TO 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MOBILE
AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA.  ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 2 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 GENERALLY ONE INCH PER HOUR OR LESS BUT
HIGHER RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL SOON SPREAD
INTO COASTAL BALDWIN COUNTY AND ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND SPREAD
FURTHER INLAND OVER THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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.
$$

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
 MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
 BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
 ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER
 BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST
 FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA
 ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA
 ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...
 STONE AND WAYNE.
* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
* A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
  MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH
  MIDDAY TUESDAY...DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL PRODUCED BY TROPICAL
  STORM IDA. IDA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS
  SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MOBILE OR BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA. RAINFALL
  TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE
  FORECAST AREA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AS THE HEAVIER RAINBAND
  ASSOCIATED WITH IDA MOVES ONSHORE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
  THROUGH LATE EVENING AND THEN MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
  REGION THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PREVIOUS RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 12
  HOURS HAS ALREADY APPROACHED 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER MANY OF THE SAME
  LOCATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
$$