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| #31961 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:00 PM 10.Jul.2005) TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 26A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 6 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...DENNIS WEAKENING OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA... ...STILL A DANGEROUS HURRICANE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS... HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES... AT 6 PM CDT...2300Z...THE COASTAL HURRICANE WARNING AREA HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM THE ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI BORDER EASTWARD TO DESTIN. HOWEVER...INLAND HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE STILL IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW EFFECT FROM THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO LONGBOAT KEY FLORIDA. PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TONIGHT. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 6 PM CDT...2300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 87.5 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE ALABAMA IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY ALABAMA. DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH DENNIS HAS WEAKENED TO A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE...IT IS STILL A DANGEROUS HURRICANE. DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM LATER TONIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 961 MB...28.38 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 8 TO 12 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS... ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALABAMA COASTS. STORM SURGE VALUES WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATER TONIGHT. DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG AND NEAR THE TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ISOLATED MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH DENNIS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA...AND NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA. REPEATING THE 6 PM CDT POSITION...31.3 N... 87.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 961 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT. FORECASTER STEWART |
