NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1112 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE DENNIS POISED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON... ALZ051>056-059-061-062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ076-079-110000- BALDWIN INLAND-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA INLAND- GEORGE-GREENE-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA INLAND- WASHINGTON-WILCOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY MINETTE...BREWTON...BUTLER...CAMDEN... CHATOM...CITRONELLE...CRESTVIEW...EVERGREEN...GROVE HILL... LEAKESVILLE...LUCEDALE...MONROEVILLE...WALNUT HILL 1112 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND MOBILE...INLAND BALDWIN...WASHINGTON... CLARKE...CHOCTAW...WILCOX...MONROE...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND SANTA ROSA...AND INLAND OKALOOSA COUNTIES. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE AND GREENE COUNTIES. BASED ON THE LATEST OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF VERY DANGEROUS HURRICANE DENNIS WILL MAKE LANDFALL NEAR THE ALABAMA...FLORIDA STATE LINE AS A MAJOR HURRICANE THIS AFTERNOON. DENNIS COULD STILL BE A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE AT LANDFALL. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...39 TO 73 MPH...SPREADING INLAND FOLLOWED BY HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...74 MPH OR GREATER...AS DENNIS NEARS THE COAST AND MAKES LANDFALL. AFTER LANDFALL...DENNIS WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AND SPREAD HURRICANE FORCE WINDS DEEP INTO THE INTERIOR COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WHILE SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL...HURRICANE DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE. MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WILL OCCUR WHERE DENNIS MOVES ASHORE. THIS MAJOR DAMAGE WILL NOT JUST BE CONFINED ALONG THE COAST BUT WILL SPREAD FAR INLAND AS WELL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REGARDING THE HURRICANE EMERGENCY FOR THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION TODAY. $$ ALZ057-058-060-MSZ067-075-078-110000- BUTLER-COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-PERRY-STONE-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDALUSIA...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE... NEW AUGUSTA...WAYNESBORO...WIGGINS 1112 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...BUTLER...CRENSHAW AND COVINGTON COUNTIES. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...STONE...PERRY AND WAYNE COUNTIES. BASED ON THE LATEST OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF VERY DANGEROUS HURRICANE DENNIS WILL MAKE LANDFALL NEAR THE ALABAMA...FLORIDA STATE LINE AS A MAJOR HURRICANE THIS AFTERNOON. DENNIS COULD STILL BE A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE AT LANDFALL. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...39 TO 73 MPH...SPREADING INLAND AS DENNIS NEARS THE COAST AND MAKES LANDFALL. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THROUGH THE DAY. ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH DENNIS...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...39 TO 73 MPH...WILL AFFECT BUTLER...CRENSHAW AND COVINGTON COUNTIES ALABAMA AND STONE...PERRY AND WAYNE COUNTIES MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVEN THOUGH DENNIS WILL BE WEAKENING...GUSTY WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE CENTER OF DENNIS CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWEST. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WHILE SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL...HURRICANE DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REGARDING THE HURRICANE EMERGENCY FOR THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION TODAY. $$