...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
...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 AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WIND GUSTS. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD PLAN ON STORM TIDES FROM 3
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 TONIGHT 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 TONIGHT.
...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 40
PERCENT...MAINLY IN WIND GUSTS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
...WINDS...
THE BEST CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY...MAINLY IN GUSTS. A WARNING HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR
INLAND AREAS YET DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF HOW QUICKLY IDA WILL
WEAKEN AND LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE
THAT IDA WILL WEAKEN ENOUGH TO KEEP STORM FORCE WINDS LIMITED TO
THE COAST. IF IDA MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY AFTER MAKING LANDFALL
AND TURNS EAST TOWARD NORTH FLORIDA...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND 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 AT MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE...
814 PM EST TODAY...736 AM EST TUESDAY...AND 913 PM EST TUESDAY.
AT THESE TIMES LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST WILL BE MOST
VULNERABLE...AS STORM TIDES MAY REACH AS HIGH AS 5 FEET.
REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE STORM SURGE PLUS THE ACTUAL TIDE. IN
THIS CASE...HIGH TIDE WILL BE ABOUT 3 FEET AND THE STORM SURGE
WILL BE AROUND 2 FEET.
...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...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.
SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS.
$$

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
...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 AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WIND GUSTS. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD PLAN ON STORM TIDES FROM 3
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 TONIGHT 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 TONIGHT.
...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 40
PERCENT...MAINLY IN WIND GUSTS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
...WINDS...
THE BEST CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY...MAINLY IN GUSTS. A WARNING HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR
INLAND AREAS YET DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF HOW QUICKLY IDA WILL
WEAKEN AND LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE
THAT IDA WILL WEAKEN ENOUGH TO KEEP STORM FORCE WINDS LIMITED TO
THE COAST. IF IDA MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY AFTER MAKING LANDFALL
AND TURNS EAST TOWARD NORTH FLORIDA...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND 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 AT MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE...
814 PM EST TODAY...736 AM EST TUESDAY...AND 913 PM EST TUESDAY.
AT THESE TIMES LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST WILL BE MOST
VULNERABLE...AS STORM TIDES MAY REACH AS HIGH AS 5 FEET.
REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE STORM SURGE PLUS THE ACTUAL TIDE. IN
THIS CASE...HIGH TIDE WILL BE ABOUT 3 FEET AND THE STORM SURGE
WILL BE AROUND 2 FEET.
...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...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.
SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS.
$$

/
...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