SEE THE BHMNPWMOB PRODUCT FOR DETAILS RELATED TO THE INLAND AREAS.

A TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CDT...MOBILE ALABAMA RADAR ESTIMATED THE CENTER OF 
HURRICANE KATRINA TO BE ABOUT 90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE WEST END OF 
DAUPHIN ISLAND...AND IS MOVING NORTH NEAR 16 MPH. THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH A GRADUAL TURN 
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT A SLIGHTLY FASTER SPEED LATER TODAY AND 
TONIGHT AS THE CENTER OF KATRINA MOVES NORTHWARD THROUGH MISSISSIPPI.

CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST 
FLORIDA COASTS...WITH WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 80 AND 90 MPH OFF THE 
ALABAMA COAST...AND TO NEAR 70 MPH OFF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  STORM 
TIDES HAVE RISEN TO NEAR 9 FEET ALONG THE WESTERN ALABAMA 
COAST...AND TO NEAR 5 FEET ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  TIDE LEVELS 
WILL CONTINUE TO RISE SEVERAL MORE FEET OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE 
RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS  918 MB...27.11 INCHES. 
KATRINA IS A STRONG CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON 
SCALE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
KATRINA HAS BEGUN TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA COAST NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A
SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE FELT
WELL EAST OF THE STORM CENTER ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA
COASTLINES.

TIDE LEVELS AS HIGH AS 10 TO 15 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL 
MOBILE COUNTY AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MOBILE BAY. TIDE LEVELS OF 
THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD SEVERALLY AFFECT DOWNTOWN MOBILE WITH WATER 
SPILLING INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND EXTENDING AS FAR WEST AS BROAD 
STREET. IN ADDITION...DAUPHIN ISLAND WOULD LIKELY BE 
INUNDATED...EXCEPT FOR HIGHER GROUND ON THE EAST END.

A STORM TIDE OF 10 TO 12 FEET IS EXPECTED ALONG COASTAL BALDWIN 
COUNTY...COMPARABLE TO HURRICANE IVAN OF LAST YEAR. 

TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST WILL RANGE FROM NEAR
8 FEET IN THE PENSACOLA AREA TO AROUND 5 FEET IN THE DESTIN AREA.

...WIND IMPACTS...
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...75 MPH OR GREATER...WILL CONTINUE SPREADING 
OVER MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH 
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 100 MPH NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE. 
POWER OUTAGES WILL PROBABLY BE WIDESPREAD OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI 
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON 
HOURS.  SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY.