NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 530 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA TO BRING A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .HURRICANE KATRINA MAKING LANDFALL ON THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING...AND IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN COASTAL LOUISIANA AND INTO COASTAL MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...THEN CONTINUE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AS A RESULT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ALZ051>053-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-291630- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-CHOCTAW-GEORGE-GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL- MOBILE INLAND-PERRY-STONE-WASHINGTON-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY MINETTE...BUTLER...CHATOM... CITRONELLE...GULF SHORES...LEAKESVILLE...LUCEDALE...MOBILE... NEW AUGUSTA...WAYNESBORO...WIGGINS 530 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 AM TUESDAY MORNING... DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE KATRINA IS MAKING LANDFALL EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST...AND CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHEAST THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY. ON THIS PATH...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR AS EARLY AS AROUND 700 AM OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND WILL SPREAD INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF TODAY. AS OF 500 AM...HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS WERE OCCURRING AT DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA...AND MORE FREQUENT HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS SHOULD BE EXPECTED OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF ALABAMA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK... THE HIGHEST AND MORE DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... POSSIBLY GUSTING UP TO AROUND 110 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING. SOME HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...GUSTING UP TO AROUND 80 TO 90 MPH...WILL ALSO EXTEND EASTWARD INTO MOBILE...WASHINGTON...CHOCTAW AND POSSIBLY CLARKE COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS AT DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA...AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. OVER OUR MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES IN PARTICULAR...IF YOU LIVE IN A MANUFACTURED OR MOBILE HOME...GET OUT AND MOVE TO A SAFER...BETTER BUILT STRUCTURE. THERE WILL WILL BE SOME ROOF AND WALL FAILURES OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES...PARTICULARLY OVER STONE AND GEORGE COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A LAND-FALLING HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD HURRICANE FORCE WINDS INLAND. SERIOUS PROPERTY DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...BLOWING DEBRIS...AND FALLEN TREES CAN BE EXPECTED AS WINDS REACH OR EXCEED 74 MPH. $$ ALZ053>060-FLZ001>006-291630- BUTLER-CLARKE-CONECUH-COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- ESCAMBIA INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-WILCOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDALUSIA...BREWTON...CAMDEN...CRESTVIEW... EVERGREEN...FORT WALTON BEACH...GREENVILLE...GROVE HILL...LUVERNE... MILTON...MONROEVILLE...PENSACOLA...WALNUT HILL 530 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 AM TUESDAY MORNING... DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE KATRINA IS MAKING LANDFALL EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST...AND CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHEAST THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY. RECENT DATA INDICATES THAT THE WIND FIELD HAS EXTENDED EVEN FARTHER TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE STORM. WITH THE VERY LARGE WIND FIELD OF THIS HURRICANE...AND ON IT CURRENT PROJECTED PATH... FREQUENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST BY AROUND SUNRISE...THEN SPREAD INLAND ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA TROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A LAND HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES... FALLEN TREES...PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$