A tropical storm warning remains in effect from Grand Isle Louisiana eastward to the Aucilla River Florida... including New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain.
Data from noaa doppler radar and surface observations indicate that the center of tropical storm Ida made its first landfall around 640 am est on Dauphin Island Alabama... with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.
At 700 am est... the center of tropical storm Ida was located near latitude 30.3 north... longitude 88.0 west or about 25 miles south of Mobile Alabama.
Ida is moving toward the northeast near 9 mph. This general motion with a decrease in forward speed is expected today. On the forecast track... the center of Ida should reach the mainland Alabama coast later this morning. After landfall... Ida is expected to turn eastward.
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 45 mph... with higher gusts. Some additional weakening is expected... and Ida is expected to lose tropical characteristics later today.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 175 miles from the center.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 999 mb... 29.50 inches.
Ida is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 3 to 6 inches... with isolated maximum storm totals of 8 inches... through Wednesday evening from the central and eastern gulf coast across the southeastern United States into the southern mid-atlantic states.
A dangerous storm tide will raise water levels by as much as 3 to 5 feet above ground level along the coast near and to the east of where the center makes landfall. Near the coast... the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 1000 am est.
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