Additional Fay Notes 4:30 am

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* Distinct circulation still visible, center near Apalachicona (wind only 7 mph there)
* Heaviest rain Extreme North Florida east of Tallahassee and in Extreme South Central Georgia
* Bands of light rain across Central Alabama and another over NW Alabama
* Tropical Storm Warning for all of NW Florida/Alabama Coast and other areas also (see advisory)
* Flash Flood Watch most of south Half Alabama (some potential for 10+ inches of rain
* Lake Wind Advisory for big chunk of Alabama including Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Anniston, Gadsden

SPOT REPORTS BASED ON 4 AM OBSERVATIONS (ALABAMA)
Huntsville…light rain, wind east 9
Muscle Shoals…light rain, east 5
Decatur…light rain, east 3
Haleyville…light rain, NE 13
Birmingham…cloudy, NE 12, gusts 20
Alexander City, light rain, NE 14, gusts 20
Ozark…light rain, north 22, gusts 32
Troy…light rain, NE 15, gusts 24
Gulf Shores…cloudy, north 10
Florala…cloudy, north 16, gusts 30
Greenville…light rain, north 14, gusts 24

NORTHWEST FLORIDA
Destin…cloudy, north 20, gusts 31
Fort Walton/Mary Ester…cloudy, north 21, gusts 30
Pensacola…cloudy, north 13, gusts 25
Panama City…cloudy, north 16, gusts 24

OFFICIAL TRACK FORECAST
* Continue westward very close to the NW Florida shoreline
* Gulf Shores early Sunday morning
* Continue west along the Mississippi Coast, Biloxi/Gulfport
* Near New Orleans Monday morning (by then a tropical depression)
* Turns north over SW Mississippi passing west of Jackso Wednesday morning
* Near Oxford in North Central Mississippi Thursday morning
Remember, don’t put all your marbles in one basket concentrating on the center line.

NEXT PROBLEM
Tropical wave this morning 200 miles east of Windward Islands islands now showing “medium potential” to become a tropical cyclone as it moves westward.

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