PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
200 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

...PRELIMINARY REPORT ON HURRICANE DENNIS...

FOR SOUTHWEST/COASTAL ALABAMA...THE EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

DENNIS MOVED ASHORE ABOUT 225 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON JULY 10 NEAR
NAVARRE BEACH FLORIDA AS A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE.

HIGHEST WINDS...
NAVARRE...PEAK GUST FROM NE AT 121 MPH AT 219 PM CDT
NEAR PENSACOLA AIRPORT...GUST FROM NW AT 96 MPH AT 247 PM CDT
MARY ESTHER...PEAK GUST 102 MPH
SEMMES...PEAK GUST FROM N AT 44 MPH AT 400 PM CDT
LILLIAN ALABAMA...PEAK GUST 44 MPH AT 129 PM CDT
VALPARAISO (VPS)...PEAK GUST 83 MPH AT 240 PM CDT
PENSACOLA NAS (NPA)...PEAK GUST 58 MPH AT 254 PM CDT
NICEVILLE FLORIDA...PEAK GUST 70 MPH
PENSACOLA (WEAR)...PEAK GUST FROM W AT 53 MPH
MOBILE (USS ALABAMA)...PEAK GUST FROM N AT 77 MPH AT 248 PM CDT
LOXLEY ALABAMA...PEAK GUST FROM N AT 50 MPH AT 245 PM CDT
CRESTVIEW (CEW)...PEAK GUST FROM SE AT 58 MPH AT 320 PM CDT
MOBILE (MOB)...PEAK GUST FROM N AT 48 MPH AT 100 PM CDT
MOBILE BROOKLEY (BFM)...PEAK GUST FROM N AT 44 MPH AT 1158 AM CDT
CRESTVIEW (CEW)...PEAK GUST FROM SE AT 58 MPH AT 320 PM CDT
PENSACOLA (PNS)...PEAK GUST FROM W AT 93 MPH

TWO DAY RAINFALL TOTALS (ENDING AT 1159 PM CDT JULY 10)...
MOBILE (MOB) 3.71
SEMMES 4.25
CRESTVIEW (CEW) 3.22
BAKER 4.22
BREWTON 3.04
FOWL RIVER 3.65
MILLIGAN 4.26
MILTON 7.01
MOLINO 4.23
MILLERS FERRY 3.82
MUNSON 6.93
FISH RIVER 2.18
BREWTON 3.04

PRELIMINARY SURGE VALUES...
DESTIN EAST PASS 4.6 FEET
POINT CADET 3.5 FEET
CEDAR POINT 3.5 FEET
PERDIDO PASS 4.1 FEET
SANTA ROSA SOUND 5.0 FEET
PENSACOLA 5.5 FEET
DAUPHIN ISLAND 4.0 FEET

DAMAGE...EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT HURRICANE DENNIS CAUSED QUITE A
BIT OF DAMAGE IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND
OKALOOSA IN FLORIDA. MOST INLAND COUNTIES HAD MANY TREES AND POWER
LINES BLOWN DOWN. HIGHWAY 98 BETWEEN FORT WALTON BEACH AND DESTIN
WAS AGAIN WASHED OUT BY HIGH WATER. POSSIBLE TORNADOES WERE REPORTED
IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN FLORIDA AND IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN ALABAMA.

STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

NO INJURIES OR DEATHS WERE REPORTED.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/MOB/PNSMOB.0507110702