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...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH 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 TUESDAY EVENING
* TROPICAL STORM IDA IS FORECAST TO MOVE ASHORE THE NORTHERN GULF
  COAST LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. EVEN THOUGH IDA IS
  EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND BEGIN TRANSITIONING INTO A NON-
  TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TONIGHT OR TUESDAY...THERE WILL
  STILL BE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN THAT AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE GULF
  COAST STATES. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE IN
  THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
  THESE AMOUNTS WOULD NOT EXCEED LOCAL FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE (FOR A
  3-HOUR PERIOD). HOWEVER...THERE COULD BE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
  OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IN AREAS AFFECTED BY HEAVIER RAIN BANDS.
* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE TO POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN CITIES...LOW-
  LYING RURAL AND SUBURBAN AREAS...AND ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. HEAVY
  RAINFALL IS MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE RAPID RISES IN WATER AT SUCH
  LOCATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. 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.
$$
FOURNIER

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM IDA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST...AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT FROM IDA WILL LIKELY BE ALONG THE
COAST IN THE FORM OF ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF...AND
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD PLAN ON
STORM TIDES UP TO 5 FEET...AND TAKE THE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THESE ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE...AS HIGHER WINDS AND RAIN FROM IDA WILL MOVE IN LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND MAKE OUTDOOR CHORES DIFFICULT. INLAND RESIDENTS
SHOULD...AS A PRECAUTION...SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE
CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND DEAD TREE LIMBS BEFORE THE STRONGER
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARRIVE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 35
PERCENT...MAINLY IN GUSTS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE IN APALACHEE BAY TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY. 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 TIME OF HIGH TIDE AT APALACHICOLA...
1107 PM CST TODAY...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 3 TO 5 FEET.
REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE STORM SURGE PLUS THE ACTUAL TIDE. IN
THIS CASE...HIGH TIDE WILL BE ABOUT 1.5 FEET AND THE STORM SURGE
WILL BE AROUND 2 TO 3 FEET.
IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS
ARE EXPECTED. AT MID MORNING THE SURF WAS ALREADY UP TO 2 TO
4 FEET...AND MAY REACH 4 TO 6 FEET TUESDAY MORNING. THIS COULD
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS AND ROADS.
...WINDS...
THE BEST CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AS IDA DRAWS CLOSER...MAINLY IN
GUSTS. WIDESPREAD OR MAJOR DAMAGE IS UNLIKELY...BUT SOME TREES AND
POWER LINES COULD BE KNOCKED DOWN IN THE STRONGER SQUALLS. THIS
COULD LEAD TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS CURRENTLY
EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IF
A LARGE BAND ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF IDA MOVES OVER THE REGION.
$$

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM IDA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST...AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT FROM IDA WILL LIKELY BE ALONG THE
COAST IN THE FORM OF ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF...AND
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD PLAN ON
STORM TIDES UP TO 5 FEET...AND TAKE THE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THESE ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE...AS HIGHER WINDS AND RAIN FROM IDA WILL MOVE IN LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND MAKE OUTDOOR CHORES DIFFICULT. INLAND RESIDENTS
SHOULD...AS A PRECAUTION...SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE
CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND DEAD TREE LIMBS BEFORE THE STRONGER
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARRIVE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 35
PERCENT...MAINLY IN GUSTS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE IN APALACHEE BAY TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY. 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 TIME OF HIGH TIDE AT APALACHICOLA...
1107 PM CST TODAY...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 3 TO 5 FEET.
REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE STORM SURGE PLUS THE ACTUAL TIDE. IN
THIS CASE...HIGH TIDE WILL BE ABOUT 1.5 FEET AND THE STORM SURGE
WILL BE AROUND 2 TO 3 FEET.
IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS
ARE EXPECTED. AT MID MORNING THE SURF WAS ALREADY UP TO 2 TO
4 FEET...AND MAY REACH 4 TO 6 FEET TUESDAY MORNING. THIS COULD
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS AND ROADS.
...WINDS...
THE BEST CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AS IDA DRAWS CLOSER...MAINLY IN
GUSTS. WIDESPREAD OR MAJOR DAMAGE IS UNLIKELY...BUT SOME TREES AND
POWER LINES COULD BE KNOCKED DOWN IN THE STRONGER SQUALLS. THIS
COULD LEAD TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS CURRENTLY
EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IF
A LARGE BAND ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF IDA MOVES OVER THE REGION.
$$