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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1120 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
1120 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA
AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE OFFICIAL FORECAST BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CALLS FOR
GUSTAV TO MOVE NORTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO THIS
WEEKEND.  GUSTAV COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE AS IT MOVES
NORTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.  ALL INTERESTS
ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION SHOULD PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION
TO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND FORECASTS REGARDING GUSTAV OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

BASED PRIMARILY ON THE LATEST OFFICIAL FORECAST TRACK OF GUSTAV
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...BANDS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE
NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF...AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST REGION LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.  LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY
GUSTAV WILL PROPAGATE NORTHWARD TO THE GULF COAST BRINGING A
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO THE
GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SUNDAY THROUGH LABOR
DAY.

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BEACHES FROM LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF COASTAL
FLOODING.

SHOULD THE FORECAST TRACK OF GUSTAV BE ADJUSTED FARTHER TO THE
EAST...THE SPECIFIC IMPACTS BEING FORECASTED FOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED. THUS...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO REVIEW
AND DEVELOP A PLAN OF ACTION SHOULD THIS HAPPEN.

REMAIN ALERT FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND FORECASTS REGARDING THE
DEVELOPMENTS OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED THROUGH
SATURDAY.  ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS WEEKEND DEPENDING
ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF GUSTAV.

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