This unofficial advisory is being posted from data provided by WKRG TV Channel 5 and other sources.
Baldwin County officials are preparing shelters for residents in low lying areas. The following shelters will be opening at 18:00 Hrs. (6 PM) Saturday, 23 August:
-Fairhope Satellite Courthouse.
-Foley Satellite Courthouse.
-Baldwin County Level 2 Shelter on N. White Avenue in Bay Minette.
Persons along the Fish and Styx Rivers in Baldwin County may be some of the first persons who will need to move to higher ground or to the shelters. As slow as Fay is moving, the rainfall totals could be close to those experienced with Hurricane Ivan in September of 2004. Mobile County has mobilized their High Water Rescue Teams and have them staged at strategic locations.
Some rain bands have already come through the South Baldwin County region with more on the way for the overnight hours. For those with Weather Alert Radios on the NOAA alert network, listen carefully for watches and warnings as well as monitoring your local media stations. Use the first link below for Tropical Storm information and the second link below for interactive watches and warnings.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
http://www.weather.gov/largemap.php
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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”
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