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SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 edited 600 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 .NOW... ...THE CENTER OF EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE DENNIS CURRENTLY LOCATED ABOUT 220 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE... ...ALL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION AND EVACUATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 9 AM. THROUGH 8 AM...RAIN SQUALLS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING WESTWARD THROUGH THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THESE BANDS BANDS ARE THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH THE STRONGER SQUALLS LIKELY...ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL BANDS OF RAIN SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE MOVING WEST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING...EACH BAND WITH STRONGER WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS AS HURRICANE DENNIS APPROACHES THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH AND GREATER WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO COASTAL BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA BY EARLY AFTERNOON...SPREADING TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE CENTER MOVES INLAND. CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST WILL GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON AS HURRICANE DENNIS APPROACHES THE AREA...LANDFALL OF THE CENTER OF DENNIS IS EXPECTED ALONG THE FLORIDA...ALABAMA LINE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE IS BECOMING INCREASING LIKELY ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE DENNIS MAKES LANDFALL...THIS WILL INCLUDE AREAS FROM GULF SHORES TO PENSACOLA. IF YOU HAVE NOT EVACUATED FROM A COASTAL ZONE...PLEASE DO SO IMMEDIATELY. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 2 PM FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF TORNADOES WILL BE IN THE OUTER RAIN BANDS AND CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE...WHICH IS ALSO WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LOCATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THIS VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING WEATHER SITUATION |