[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM JEANNE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
238 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

...HIGH WIND GUSTS CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE CONTENT OF THIS LOCAL STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO
BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTHEAST
FLORIDA...NASSAU...DUVAL...ST. JOHNS...FLAGLER...BRADFORD...CLAY...
PUTNAM...ALACHUA...MARION...UNION...BAKER...GILCHRIST...COLUMBIA...
SUWANNEE AND HAMILTON. IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...CAMDEN...GLYNN...
WAYNE...BRANTLEY...CHARLTON...APPLING...PIERCE...WARE...JEFF DAVIS...
BACON...COFFEE...ATKINSON...CLINCH AND ECHOLS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH
FLORIDA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA...
...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
INLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
...AN FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
MOST OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 AM...
...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR ALL
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND BAKER...BRADFORD...CLAY...
COLUMBIA...DUVAL...HAMILTON...NASSAU...ST. JOHNS...SUWANNEE AND UNION
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  83.3 WEST OR ABOUT
50 MILES SOUTH OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA.

THE CENTER OF JEANNE HAS MOVED ERRATICALLY OVER THE PAST FEW
HOURS...BUT A NORTHWARD MOTION NEAR 12 MPH IS EXPECTED TO RESUME
SHORTLY AND CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
JEANNE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES FROM THE
CENTER

AT 200 AM WIND GUSTS OF 43 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT JACKSONVILLE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. OTHER LOCAL WIND GUSTS REPORTS...
CRAIG FIELD...46 MPH
MAYPORT...51 MPH
NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE...48 MPH
ST AUGUSTINE...43 MPH
DAYTONA BEACH...34 MPH
THE VILLAGES...39 MPH
OCALA...51 MPH
GAINESVILLE...43 MPH
VALDOSTA...31 MPH
WAYCROSS...42 MPH
ALMA...38 MPH
DOUGLAS...32 MPH
ST SIMONS...45 MPH
BRUNSWICK...37 MPH

AS OF THIS TIME...THE JACKSONVILLE ELECTRIC AUTHORITY WEB SITE IS
REPORTING AROUND 250 THOUSAND CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER IN THE
JACKSONVILLE AREA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND FLOODED
ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. INTERSTATE 10 EASTBOUND NEAR MILE MARKER
301 IS EXPERIENCING FLOODING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS WILL ONLY VERY SLOWLY IMPROVE INTO THE LATE MORNING
HOURS. LOCAL RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION UNTIL
THE WINDS SUBSIDE. PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO
HEED THE ADVICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. AVOID DOWNED POWER
LINES AND REMEMBER TO TREAT ALL DOWNED POWERLINES AS IF THEY WERE
LIVE. GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED IN WELL VENTILATED AREAS...DO
NOT RUN GENERATORS IN GARAGES OR SHEDS. NEVER USE CANDLES OR ANY OPEN
FLAME FOR LIGHTING DUE TO THE RISK OF FIRE.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE THE HEIGHT OF NORMAL TIDES WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY TIDES HAVE BEEN RUNNING 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
AS WE ARE NOW PAST THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE...IN MOST
AREAS...WATER LEVELS SHOULD GRADUALLY FALL. LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO
POOR DRAINAGE INTO THE RIVERS SHOULD BEGIN TO EASE AS THE TIDES FALL
AND RAINFALL ABATES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
DUVAL...FLAGLER...NASSAU AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES CONTINUE TO REPORT
OCCASIONAL SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
50 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE LONG THE IMMEDIATE BEACHES AND THE
ST JOHNS RIVER. WIND GUSTS AT THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH PROFILE
BUILDINGS COULD OCCASIONALLY BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH FOR THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.  THESE CONDITIONS WILL VERY SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH
SUNRISE.

CAMDEN AND GLYNN COUNTIES...WINDS OF TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55
MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

IN ALACHUA...BRADFORD...CLAY...GILCHRIST...MARION...PUTNAM AND
UNION COUNTIES...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND WESTERLY AS THE CENTER MOVES NORTH.
WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL BE 30 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
CONDITIONS WILL VERY SLOWLY IMPROVE TOWARD SUNRISE AND THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.

FOR BAKER...COLUMBIA...SUWANNEE AND HAMILTON COUNTIES...SUSTAINED
SPEEDS OF TO 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT.

INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SMALL
CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. HIGH SURF
AND BEACH EROSION WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT
LIKELY BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER AREAS OF NORTH FLORIDA SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 10 AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE REMAINDER OF
NORTH FLORIDA THROUGH 6 AM.  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST
OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.  4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE STORM CENTER... MAY FALL TONIGHT.

AS JEANNE MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA ON MONDAY A BAND OF RAIN MAY MOVE
OUT OF APALACHEE BAY AND ACROSS THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THIS TIME...THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STORM
ARE FAIRLY DRY AND IT IS UNLIKELY THAT BAND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAINS...HOWEVER AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN MAY FALL
IN THOSE AREAS ON MONDAY.

FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 8 AM MONDAY FOR ALL OF NORTH
FLORIDA AND MOST OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED AND REMEMBER THAT FLOODING IN PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AT
NIGHT. NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL POSE A RENEWED OR CONTINUED THREAT OF
FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
THE BLACK CREEK AT MIDDLEBURG AND THE ST MARYS RIVER AT MACCLENNY.
BLACK CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 17.2 FEET AT 2 AM ON TUESDAY AND
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 6 AM ON WEDNESDAY.  THE ST MARYS RIVER AT
MACCLENNY IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 15.7 FEET AT 8 AM ON TUESDAY AND
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE ON FRIDAY.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR MOST OF NORTH
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS WATCH WILL LIKELY BE REISSUED FOR
A PORTION OF THE AREA. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS NORTH
FLORIDA AND ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE AREA WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE STORM'S CIRCULATION...
WHICH IS A FAVORED LOCATION FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. REMEMBER THAT
TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES...CAN
AND OFTEN DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 530 AM EDT...OR EARLIER SHOULD
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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SANDRIK

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