...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST...
...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED ALONG THE
FRANKLIN COUNTY COAST THIS MORNING. THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE
APALACHICOLA AIRPORT. THE TIDE GAGE AT APALACHICOLA CONTINUES TO
SHOW HIGH WATER LEVELS ALONG THE COAST WITH MINOR INUNDATION OF
LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST LIKELY...ESPECIALLY AS THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE APPROACHES LATER THIS MORNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT FROM IDA CONTINUES TO BE ALONG THE
COAST IN THE FORM OF ABOVE NORMAL TIDES AND HIGH SURF. RESIDENTS
LIVING IN OR TRAVELLING NEAR THE COAST THIS MORNING SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU COME UPON A ROAD THAT IS FLOODED
BY SEA WATER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE
TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO PASS SAFELY. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT
FOR COASTAL FLOODING...GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. THUS...KEEP LIGHT WEIGHT
OUTDOOR OBJECTS SECURED UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY IN GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING AND LIKELY SUBSIDE LATER TODAY AS IDA FURTHER WEAKENS.
WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST GUSTS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST TODAY. THIS
SURGE WILL ADD TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL
TIDES. THE MAIN THREAT WILL COME DURING HIGH TIDE. THE FOLLOWING
ARE THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AT APALACHICOLA...
853 AM CST TUESDAY...AND 1130 PM CST TUESDAY.
AT THESE TIMES LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST WILL BE MOST
VULNERABLE...AS STORM TIDES MAY REACH 4 TO 6 FEET. REMEMBER...
STORM TIDE IS THE STORM SURGE PLUS THE ACTUAL TIDE. BECAUSE THE
TIDAL AMPLITUDE IS RELATIVELY LOW TODAY...THERE COULD BE A LONG
PERIOD OF INUNDATION ALONG THE COAST UNTIL THE ONSHORE WINDS
SUBSIDE.
IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP
CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF MAY REACH 5 TO 7 FEET TUESDAY
MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF SAINT
GEORGE ISLAND. THIS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND
POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL FROM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM
2 TO 4 INCHES.
...TORNADOES...
AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IF THE
DEVELOPING FEEDER BAND ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WATERS SHIFTS
A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE EAST.
$$

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST...
...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED ALONG THE
FRANKLIN COUNTY COAST THIS MORNING. THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE
APALACHICOLA AIRPORT. THE TIDE GAGE AT APALACHICOLA CONTINUES TO
SHOW HIGH WATER LEVELS ALONG THE COAST WITH MINOR INUNDATION OF
LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST LIKELY...ESPECIALLY AS THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE APPROACHES LATER THIS MORNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT FROM IDA CONTINUES TO BE ALONG THE
COAST IN THE FORM OF ABOVE NORMAL TIDES AND HIGH SURF. RESIDENTS
LIVING IN OR TRAVELLING NEAR THE COAST THIS MORNING SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU COME UPON A ROAD THAT IS FLOODED
BY SEA WATER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE
TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO PASS SAFELY. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT
FOR COASTAL FLOODING...GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. THUS...KEEP LIGHT WEIGHT
OUTDOOR OBJECTS SECURED UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY IN GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING AND LIKELY SUBSIDE LATER TODAY AS IDA FURTHER WEAKENS.
WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST GUSTS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST TODAY. THIS
SURGE WILL ADD TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL
TIDES. THE MAIN THREAT WILL COME DURING HIGH TIDE. THE FOLLOWING
ARE THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AT APALACHICOLA...
853 AM CST TUESDAY...AND 1130 PM CST TUESDAY.
AT THESE TIMES LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST WILL BE MOST
VULNERABLE...AS STORM TIDES MAY REACH 4 TO 6 FEET. REMEMBER...
STORM TIDE IS THE STORM SURGE PLUS THE ACTUAL TIDE. BECAUSE THE
TIDAL AMPLITUDE IS RELATIVELY LOW TODAY...THERE COULD BE A LONG
PERIOD OF INUNDATION ALONG THE COAST UNTIL THE ONSHORE WINDS
SUBSIDE.
IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP
CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF MAY REACH 5 TO 7 FEET TUESDAY
MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF SAINT
GEORGE ISLAND. THIS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND
POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL FROM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM
2 TO 4 INCHES.
...TORNADOES...
AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IF THE
DEVELOPING FEEDER BAND ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WATERS SHIFTS
A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE EAST.
$$

/
...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA AND GEORGIA...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
 COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...BAY...
 CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...
 HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LEON...
 LIBERTY...WAKULLA AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA...BAKER...
 DECATUR...EARLY...GRADY...MILLER...MITCHELL...SEMINOLE AND
 THOMAS.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* TROPICAL STORM IDA IS FORECAST TO MOVE ASHORE ACROSS THE
  NORTHERN GULF COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. EVEN THOUGH IDA IS
  EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND BEGIN TRANSITIONING INTO A NON-
  TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TODAY...THERE WILL STILL BE BANDS
  OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE
  REGION...MAINLY OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA.
  MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 2
  TO 4 INCH RANGE BEFORE COMING TO AN END TONIGHT WITH ISOLATED
  HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH THESE TOTALS
  ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE...MINOR FLOODING
  OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POTENTIAL FLOOD
WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES IF THEY ARE NEEDED. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS
PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLOODING DEVELOP. FLOODED ROADS CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS TO
MOTORISTS...AS IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW DEEP STANDING WATER
IS ON ROADWAYS. THIS DANGER IS ENHANCED AT NIGHTTIME.
$$
17-GOULD