[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[Nashville EMWIN]

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TROPICAL STORM BONNIE LOCAL STATEMENT...LAST STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
450 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE MOVING NORTHEAST AND ITS
INFLUENCE NOW NEGLIGIBLE FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHERN
GEORGIA...

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND FLORIDA
EASTERN PANHANDLE...

...AREAS AFFECTED BY THE FLOOD WATCH...
FLORIDA COUNTIES:
WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...BAY...JACKSON...CALHOUN...GULF...
GADSDEN...LIBERTY...FRANKLIN...LEON...WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...
MADISON...TAYLOR...DIXIE AND LAFAYETTE.

SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA COUNTIES:
BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS...CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...
COOK...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...LEE...
LOWNDES...MILLER...MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...
TERRELL...THOMAS...TIFT...TURNER AND WORTH.

...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION...
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.0 WEST OR ABOUT 30
MILES NORTHEAST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA. BONNIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE REGION.

...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL INFORMATION...
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT...AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL
FOR SOME HEAVY RAINFALL.  THIS RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND...MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
NONE.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
CURRENT STORM SURGE AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE DIXIE AND TAYLOR COUNTIES...BEFORE DECREASING
THIS EVENING.

THE LOCAL TIDES FOR TODAY ARE AS FOLLOWS.

SAINT MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE...
LOW TIDES AT 751 PM.

APALACHICOLA...
LOW TIDES AT 807 PM AND 949 PM.

COASTAL WATERS OFF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND WERE AT 3 TO 5 FEET
NEAR SHORE...WHILE 6 TO 10 FEET WELL OFFSHORE. THESE ARE EXPECTED
TO GRADUALLY LOWER TONIGHT. SOME ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST WILL
GRADUALLY LESSEN THIS EVENING.

...RIP CURRENTS...
THERE REMAINS A LOW TO MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS EVENING
ALONG THE COASTLINE OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS RISK WILL
LOWER LATER THIS EVENING. ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL
AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION
BONNIE. HOWEVER...PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE TROPICS AS HURRICANE
CHARLEY TO THE SOUTH MAY ALSO IMPACT THE AREA. FUTURE STATEMENTS ON
CHARLEY WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

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